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

Echoes of the dot-com era There are easy parallels to draw between the dot-com boom and the current AI boom. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

This has driven some agitated investors to see parallels between the current market and the conditions leading up to the dot-com crash of 2000-2002, when the overall S&P 500 lost nearly half its value. — Joe D'allegro, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026

Like the dot-com era at the turn of the century, the current artificial intelligence (AI) moment has a last-mile problem. — Jim Deloach, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Like the dot-com bubble before it, the AI bubble is, so far, largely fueled by equity. — HubSpot, 31 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