often attributive
: a company that markets its products or services usually exclusively online via a website
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But when the dot-com bubble burst and the 9/11 attacks sent markets into a tailspin, her real estate business collapsed.
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Achy Obejas Aaron Wojack, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
From the dot-com boom to the emergence of cryptocurrencies, and even more recently, the rapid development of AI, investors are constantly looking for something new.
—Anton Alikov, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
But the growth of the tech economy over the last 30 years has compressed the cycles into a spectacular series of highs and lows, from the dot-com boom and bust to today’s AI frenzy.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
Computers have been storing and processing data off-site in dedicated centers for decades, but the dot-com bubble in the early 2000s and the move to cloud storage demanded much more storage capacity over the past decade.
—Paige Gross, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025
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Achy Obejas Aaron Wojack, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
From the dot-com boom to the emergence of cryptocurrencies, and even more recently, the rapid development of AI, investors are constantly looking for something new.
—Anton Alikov, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
But the growth of the tech economy over the last 30 years has compressed the cycles into a spectacular series of highs and lows, from the dot-com boom and bust to today’s AI frenzy.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
Computers have been storing and processing data off-site in dedicated centers for decades, but the dot-com bubble in the early 2000s and the move to cloud storage demanded much more storage capacity over the past decade.
—Paige Gross, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Dot-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dot-com. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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