dot-com

noun

ˈdät-ˌkäm 

often attributive

: a company that markets its products or services usually exclusively online via a website

Examples of dot-com in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

So there was a very productive residue that was left behind by the dot-com bubble. — ArsTechnica, 23 June 2026

Yardeni backed his view over the weekend and dismissed comparisons between today’s AI boom and the dot-com bubble. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 July 2026

So Silicon Valley is a place where Musk arrives quite young and at a quite opportune time in 1995, just as the dot-com boom is kicking off. — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026

While not a demand issue, concerns include dot-com-era valuations, a hawkish Fed, and doubts about AI infrastructure returns. — Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Word History

Etymology

from the use of .com in the URLs of such companies

First Known Use

1994, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dot-com

• aplomb
• balaam
• begam
• cocom
• embalm
• islam
• pogrom
• salaam
• sitcom
• balm
• bom
• bomb