Dotcom Meaning in English

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Definition

A 'dotcom' is a company that does business mainly on the internet, especially one with a website ending in '.com'. It can also refer to the period when many internet companies became popular.

Usage & Nuances

'Dotcom' is often used in business and tech conversations. It can mean either an internet-based business (noun, countable) or reference the early 2000s 'dotcom boom/bubble.' Usually informal, rarely used for newer startups not based on '.com' domains.

• Spanish: empresa punto com - página web comercial
• Portuguese (BR): empresa ponto com - site comercial
• Portuguese (PT): empresa ponto com - site comercial
• Chinese (Simplified): 互联网公司 - 网络公司
• Chinese (Traditional): 網路公司 - 網站公司
• Hindi: डॉटकॉम कंपनी - इंटरनेट कंपनी
• Arabic: شركة دوت كوم - موقع تجاري
• Bengali: ডটকম
• Russian: дотком
• Japanese: ドットコム
• Vietnamese: dotcom - công ty dotcom
• Korean: 닷컴
• Turkish: dotcom - nokta com şirketi
• Urdu: ڈاٹ کام
• Indonesian: dotcom - perusahaan dotcom

Example Sentences

The dotcom started selling books online.

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He works at a successful dotcom.

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Many dotcoms failed during the crash in 2000.

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Back then, everyone wanted to start a dotcom and get rich quick.

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I invested in a small dotcom back in the day, but it didn’t last long.

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Amazon is a famous dotcom.

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