Dot-com
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Dot-com may refer to:
- .com.comThe domain name com is a generic top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the Internet. Its name is derived from commercial, indicating its original intended purpose for domains registered by commercial organizations...
(short for "commercial"), the generic top-level domain used on the Internet's Domain Name System - dot-com companyDot-com companyA dot-com company, or simply a dot-com , is a company that does most of its business on the Internet, usually through a website that uses the popular top-level domain, ".com" .While the term can refer to present-day companies, it is also used specifically to refer to companies with...
, a company which does most of its business on the Internet- dot-com bubbleDot-com bubbleThe dot-com bubble was a speculative bubble covering roughly 1995–2000 during which stock markets in industrialized nations saw their equity value rise rapidly from growth in the more...
(also known as the dot-com era), a financial bubble running roughly from 1995 to 2001
- dot-com bubble
- .COM.comThe domain name com is a generic top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the Internet. Its name is derived from commercial, indicating its original intended purpose for domains registered by commercial organizations...
(short for "command"), a file extension associated with DOS executable file - Walter "Dot Com" Slattery, a fictional character from the sitcom 30 Rock