| 释义 |
▪ I. dotcom, n. Computing.
in sense 1 Brit. |dɒtˈkɒm|, U.S. |ˌdɑtˈkɑm| in sense 2 Brit. |ˈdɒtkɒm|, U.S. |ˈdɑtˌkɑm|
Forms: 19– dot.com, 19– dot-com, 19– dot com, 19– dotcom
[‹ dot n.1 + com n., denoting the suffix (including the preceding point) of an Internet address for a commercial site.]
1. An Internet address for a commercial site expressed in terms of the formulaic suffix .com; a web site with such an address. Cf. com n.
1994Newsday (Nexis) 5 Apr. 29 If I were telling someone that address I'd say: ‘quit at newsday dot com.’ 1997M. Branton Love Parade 54 She tapped in the URL of Caesar's Palace (triple-dub dot vegas dotcom—I mean, how cool?), and we both lit cigarettes as Netscape commenced to download the over-elaborate graphics. 2000Independent 16 May 1/6 The dot.com address was attractive because it is often the first that people try.
2. A company which uses the Internet for business, esp. one which has an Internet address ending with the suffix .com. In extended use: the Internet as a business medium.
1996Internet World (Westport) Nov. a6/2 A broad discussion of what's around the corner for dot.coms. What effect will ‘dumb-delivery’ devices have as they make the Web more accessible to the home market? 1999Daily Tel. 28 Apr. 1/7 (advt.) The winning team in dot-com is Sun. We've dot-commed Man U..the UK..the world—bringing the culture of dot-com to enterprises large and small. 2000Sunday Times 23 July (Business section) 16/6 Cybercrime is on the up—not all dotcom millionaires aim to make their fortunes through anything quite as wholesome as a stock-market listing.
▪ II. dotcom, v.
Brit. |dɒtˈkɒm|, U.S. |ˌdɑtˈkɑm|
Forms: see dotcom n.
[‹ dotcom n. Compare dot-commer n.]
1. trans. (in pass.). To be overwhelmed or driven out of existence by pressure from companies doing business over the Internet.
1996Maine Sunday Telegram (Portland, Maine) 9 June 1 g, What with baseball scores, stock market reports and dot coms running across the bottom of our TV screens, there's hardly room left for the picture. We are doomed to being dot commed to death. 2003R. Krovi in C. V. Brown & H. Topi IS Managem. Handbk. (ed. 8) l. 627 Brick-and-mortar companies—which have always been faced with the danger of being ‘Amazoned’ or ‘dot.commed’—have responded in unique ways.
2. trans. To provide with a commercial Internet address; to enable (a person or company) to do business on or use the Internet.
1997St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch 27 Feb 41/3 Later Dick and Jane bombed. They're making a comeback. They've just been dot-commed. 1999Forbes 8 Mar. 101/1 It's the foundation for ‘dot-comming’ ourselves. It's what the new networked economy is all about. 2005Bath Chron. (Nexis) 3 May 10, I have overcome texting, digital snapping and dot-comming the world and its neighbour. |