COM

adj. Stands for commercial. You see this at the end of many website addresses.

adj. Abbreviation for commercial. It is the most common top-level domain (TLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet.

“Most big businesses use a .com address for their main website.”

“The company decided to purchase the .com version of their domain to ensure international brand recognition and trust.”

Technical

n. a character in a video game that is controlled by the computer, not a person.

n. a non-player character or opponent in a video game whose actions are determined by the software's artificial intelligence.

“I didn't have anyone to play with, so I just played against the COM.”

“The tournament settings were adjusted so that a COM would fill the empty slot if a participant disconnected during the match.”

Informal

n. Stands for center of mass. It is the point where the weight of an object is balanced.

n. Abbreviation for centre of mass. The unique point where the weighted relative position of the distributed mass sums to zero.

“The engineer calculated the COM to make sure the car wouldn't tip over.”

“In orbital mechanics, the COM of a two-body system is the point around which both objects actually revolve.”

Technical

n. a short way of writing words like 'committee', 'company', or 'communication'.

n. a truncated form used in documentation or lists for various nouns including committee, company, or communication.

“The report was submitted to the finance com. for review.”

“In the historical archives, 'com.' was frequently used as a shorthand for both 'company' and 'commission', depending on the ledger's context.”

Formal