Term of the Moment

Face ID


Look Up Another Term


Definition: dot-com bust


The years 2000 to 2002, when the bottom fell out of the dot-com industry and hundreds of Internet-based companies went bankrupt. According to Kara Swisher in "Burn Book," a 2024 tell-all about the tech industry entrepreneurs who created the greatest wealth explosion in history, more than 800 organizations failed in the dot-com bust. See dot-com bubble.