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dot-com

or dot·com

[dot-kom]
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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.

Nearby words

  1. dot ball,
  2. dot etching,
  3. dot matrix,
  4. dot product,
  5. dot the i's and cross the t's,
  6. dot-coms,
  7. dot-matrix printer,
  8. dot-sequential,
  9. dotage,
  10. dotal

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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British Dictionary definitions for dotcom

dotcom

dot.com

noun

  1. a company that conducts most of its business on the internet
  2. (as modifier)dotcom stocks

Word Origin for dotcom

C20: from .com, the domain name suffix of businesses trading on the internet
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Culture definitions for dotcom

dot-com

See .com.

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