com, n. Computing.
Brit. /kɒm/, U.S. /kɑm/
Forms: 19– COM, 19– com
[Shortened <company n. or commercial adj.]
(The designation for) a top-level domain name, used (preceded by a point) as part of an Internet address, originally to indicate a commercial web site, though later more broadly applied. Cf. dotcom n.
Used by companies nominally registered in the United States, but in actuality worldwide.
| 1984 J. B. Postel & J. Reynolds Request for Comments (Network Working Group) (Electronic text) No. 920. 2 The initial top level domain names are: COM = Commercial, any commercial related domains meeting the second level requirements. 1995 Canad. Horseman Mar.–Apr. 18/3 The last part of the address name extension indicates what kind of group the ‘domain’ is: ‘com’ stands for commercial, ‘gov’ for government [etc.]. 1996 Internet World June 74/2 ‘Com is almost full as it is,’ he said. ‘It's hard to find a name that isn't registered. One wonders if the system can support the number of domains under com.’ |