often attributive
: a company that markets its products or services usually exclusively online via a website
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When the dot-com bubble burst in 2001, fiber optic cable laid during the boom years eventually found use as Internet demand caught up.
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ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
The rule was put in place in 2001 amid the dot-com bubble and crash as regulators grew worried that small traders were taking excessive risks with volatile internet stocks.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
More people inside and outside the industry acknowledge the risk of an AI bubble similar to the dot-com bust of 25 years ago.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
The ratio at hyperscalers like Google and Oracle of capital spending to sales has already passed that of the frackers in the 2010s and is nearing peak dot-com fiber territories, Morgan Stanley analysts point out in a note today.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
The rule was put in place in 2001 amid the dot-com bubble and crash as regulators grew worried that small traders were taking excessive risks with volatile internet stocks.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
More people inside and outside the industry acknowledge the risk of an AI bubble similar to the dot-com bust of 25 years ago.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
The ratio at hyperscalers like Google and Oracle of capital spending to sales has already passed that of the frackers in the 2010s and is nearing peak dot-com fiber territories, Morgan Stanley analysts point out in a note today.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Dot-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dot-com. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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