Com- \Com-\
A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with,
together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form
com- before b, m, p, and sometimes f, and by assimilation
becomes col- before l, cor- before r, and con- before any
consonant except b, h, l, m, p, r, and w. Before a vowel com-
becomes co-; also before h, w, and sometimes before other
consonants.
[1913 Webster]
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com
.com
dot com
(.com, "commercial") The top-level domain
originally for American companies but, since the explosion of
the web, used by most companies and for vanity
domains of all types, whether in the US or not, often in
addition to country code domains like amazon.co.uk.
The term "dot com" is now widely used to refer to any Internet
business as in "My dot com turned into a dot bomb".
(2007-02-18)
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