dotcom
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of dotcom
C20: from .com , the domain name suffix of businesses trading on the internet
Example Sentences
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Denyer writes that U.S. capital spending on computers and peripherals, including data center components, surged to levels not witnessed since the dotcom era of 1998-2000.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
The bursting of the dotcom bubble, which peaked in March 2000, helped trigger a recession in 2001.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
The strategy shot the lights out when the housing and dotcom bubbles burst.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
And in the early 2000s, while S&P 500 software stocks plummeted as the dotcom bubble burst, they gained about 45% from late 2002 to late 2003.
From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026
So when the dotcom bust came along, there was just way too much fiber-optic cable out there.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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