dot-coma — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The collapse of a dot-com or of the dot-com bubble.

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   The lackluster debuts were part of an overall dot-coma that hit the Internet sector in trading yesterday. Amazon.com, RealNetworks, Go2Net, InfoSpace.com and many other of the area's Internet stocks each dropped a few dollars by the close of trading.

   Clearly, eSpeed's connection to Cantor is a unique insurance policy, assuring it won't end up in a dot-coma.

   And if Sweden is coming out of its dot-coma, then so should the rest of the high-tech world.