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com

1

[ kom, see-oh-em ]

  1. (on the internet) a top-level domain appearing as a suffix on domain names used for commercial establishments.


COM

2

[ kom ]

noun

  1. Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
  2. computer output on microfilm.

com-

3
  1. a prefix meaning “with,” “together,” “in association,” and (with intensive force) “completely,” occurring in loanwords from Latin ( commit ): used in the formation of compound words before b, p, m: combine; compare; commingle.

com.

4

abbreviation for

  1. comedy.
  2. comma.
  3. command.
  4. commander.
  5. commerce.
  6. commercial.
  7. commission.
  8. commissioner.
  9. committee.
  10. common.
  11. commonly.
  12. communications.

Com.

5

abbreviation for

  1. Commander.
  2. Commission.
  3. Commissioner.
  4. Committee.
  5. Commodore.
  6. Commonwealth.

com-

1

prefix

  1. together; with; jointly

    commingle

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COM

2

/ kɒm /

noun

    1. a process in which a computer output is converted direct to microfiche or film, esp 35 or 16 millimetre film
    2. ( as modifier )

      a COM machine

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Com.

3

abbreviation for

  1. Commander
  2. committee
  3. Commodore
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com

4

the internet domain name for

  1. a commercial company
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.com

  1. Part of the Internet address of many companies and organizations. It indicates that the site is commercial, as opposed to educational or governmental.


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Notes

The phrase dot-com is used to refer generically to almost anything connected to business on the Internet .
The explosive growth of wealth connected to the Internet in the 1990s is often said to have created many “dot-com millionaires.”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of com1

First recorded in 1980–85; shortening of commercial ( def ) or company ( def )

Origin of com2

< Latin, variant of preposition cum with
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Word History and Origins

Origin of com1

from Latin com-; related to cum with. In compound words of Latin origin, com- becomes col- and cor- before l and r, co- before gn, h, and most vowels, and con- before consonants other than b, p, and m. Although its sense in compounds of Latin derivation is often obscured, it means: together, with, etc ( combine, compile ) ; similar ( conform ); extremely, completely ( consecrate )

Origin of com2

( C ) omputer ( O ) utput on ( M ) icrofilm

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