the dotcom crash
noun[S]
E-COMMERCE,INTERNETukus(alsothe dot.com crash);(alsothe dot-com crash)theperiodearly in theyear2000 whensharepricessuddenlywent down as hundreds ofcompaniesdoingbusinesson theinternetfailedorlostmost of thevalueoftheirshares:
After the dot-comcrash, there was amisconceptionthat there were no morehigh-techsoftwarejobs.