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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A form of cybersquatting that involves the registration of domain names likely to be the result of a random memory error in a user's computer, e.g. excmple.com or exaeple.com for example.com. Internet, uncountable

Etymology

From bit + typosquatting, by analogy.

Related phrases

domain name

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