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The spoken version of .com,
one of seven generic high-level domain names used originally to sort US
addresses into broad categories. A .com address generally denotes a
commercial organisation (contrasting with a .org address, for example, which
theoretically indicates a non-profit organisation). Such address are
considered to have a kudos greater than country specific domains such as .oc.uk.
There were more than 21m registered .com addresses at the beginning of 2003.
The
expression dotcom is also used to describe an internet company, generally
one that depends entirely on its online activities for its revenue.
Boasting about a new dotcom job was once considered fashionable and many
real-world companies ( and even some people in towns) rebranded themselves
by adding .com to their names at the height of the frenzy for internet
companies, but it has acquired a less desirable stigma as dotcoms have
become dot-bombs. |
