Not Paying Attention.How are high-flying dot-com (1) Refers to the period (dot) followed by the abbreviation of the commercial domain (.com) at the end of an Internet address. Since the .com domain is so widely used, the Internet became known as the "dot-com" world, and dot-com companies are those formed to offer services or executives coping with the turmoil on Wall Street? For Mark R. Goldston, chief executive of Calabasas-based NetZero Inc., out of sight is out of mind. "I turned off my (computer) ticker ticker An automated quotation system on which security transactions are reported after they occur on an exchange floor. Even though the newer systems are electronic and no longer actually tick, the name of the old mechanical device has stuck. four days ago," Goldston told a standing-room-only crowd last week at a meeting of the Zone Club, a group representing L.A.'s tech world. "It pissed pissed adj. Vulgar Slang 1. Extremely irritated or angry. Often used with off. 2. Chiefly British Intoxicated; drunk. me off." Goldston said he shut down the ticker after his company's stock closed around $9 one day last week - down from the high of $40 it commanded since its IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. last fall. He said he'd wait until things looked a little better before reactivating the function. "I'll wait until the Nasdaq hits 4,500. That makes me comfortable," he said. |
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