dot-com bubble

dot-com bubble (plural dot-com bubbles)

1. (business, historical) A historic speculative bubble based around the Internet, covering roughly 1997–2000.
   • 2021 July 17, Jacob Bernstein, “Keith McNally Stirs the Pot”, in The New York Times‎:

     That was part of what made the March reopening of Balthazar, a SoHo mainstay since the height of the dot-com bubble, unusual. Jay-Z and Beyoncé turned up for dinner. Nancy Pelosi came for breakfast. Patrons made out at their tables, took trips together to the bathroom.

• dot-com boom
• information technology bubble
• Internet bubble