dot-com

or dot·com

[ dot-kom ]

noun

1. a company doing business mostly or solely on the internet.

adjective

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

dot-com

1. See .com .

Other Words From

• dot-commer dot-comer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dot-com¹

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

Example Sentences

But many pensions are seriously underfunded, a problem that emerged in the 2000s when, following years of expanded benefits, the dot-com bust and then the Great Recession hammered the value of pension assets.

From Los Angeles Times

Still, as he told the graduates at UMass Dartmouth, he has never forgotten the experience of losing everything, when the first company he built went bankrupt in the dot-com crash more than 20 years ago.

From New York Times

Microsoft, with its big investments in AI startups like OpenAI, Inflection and Mistral AI, has emerged as Alphabet’s biggest rival in the most frenzied tech cycle since the dot-com boom.

From Seattle Times

In its first year, as the dot-com bubble burst and projected earnings from classes and attendance fell below expectations, the museum turned to a line of credit to cover operating expenses.

From Seattle Times

U.S. stocks bounced back from their dismal 2022, which was Wall Street’s worst year since the dot-com bubble was deflating two decades earlier.

From Seattle Times