dot-com

or dot·com

[dot-kom]

noun

a company doing business mostly or solely on the Internet.

adjective

of or relating to such a company or to the business it conducts.

Origin of dot-com

1995–2000; from the pronunciation of .com, suffix of domain name in most commercial Internet addresses

Related formsdot-com·mer, dot-com·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for dot-com

Contemporary Examples of dot-com

The story of a dot-com billionaire who died in the World Trade Center attacks after revolutionizing the Internet.
This Week’s Hot Reads: Sept. 17, 2013
Sarah Stodola
September 16, 2013
The groundbreaking Internet grocery business flew high in the dot-com boom, then imploded in 2001.
Get the Door. It’s … Amazon?
CNBC
July 26, 2013
Almost as soon as Romney ended his day-to-day role at Bain, the dot-com boom crashed and the economy went into recession.
Bain: The Debate You Have When You Don't Have Ideas
David Frum
July 14, 2012
It was a bastion of dot-com excess that managed to survive into the 21st century.
The Google Religion
Josh Dzieza
July 15, 2011
“There was an unmistakable echo of the dot-com boom Thursday on Wall Street,” Liedtke began his LinkedIn dispatch.
The Media's Crazy LinkedIn Comparisons
Gary Rivlin
May 20, 2011

Historical Examples of dot-com

“I hope I get remembered as more than the chronicler of the dot-com boom, though,” she said.
Makers
Cory Doctorow

dot-com in Culture

dot-com

See .com.

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