dot-com

or dot·com

[ dot-kom ]

/ ˈdɒtˈkɒm /

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

dot ball, dot etching, dot matrix, dot product, dot the i's and cross the t's, dot-com, dot-coms, dot-matrix printer, dot-sequential, dotage, 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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Examples from the Web for dotcom

“Greenwald did come here under the aegis of [Dotcom],” says John Armstrong, political columnist for The New Zealand Herald.
Greenwald, Assange, and Snowden Join Forces with Kim Dotcom in New Zealand Election|Lennox Samuels|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Josh Harris was a dotcom millionaire who became famous for crafting a Big Brother-style artistic experiment.
A ‘Truman Show’ For Today: The Return of Josh Harris|Anthony Haden-Guest|July 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With the exception of the dotcom boom, all of the trust fund surprises have been in the wrong direction.
You're Doing it Wrong: Social Security Life Expectancy Calculations|Megan McArdle|January 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
As the dotcom bust receded and the leverage inflated the next boom, the wager looked like a good one.
Wall Street’s Middle Class Suffers as Business Changes|Rob Cox|November 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Sultan reportedly made millions off the sale of the site she cofounded during the dotcom boom.
Jennifer Sultan’s Arrest for Gun Running Caps Long Fall From Internet Success|Matthew DeLuca|July 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for dotcom

dotcom

dot.com

/ (ˌdɒtˈkɒm) /

noun

a company that conducts most of its business on the internet
(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.