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typosquatting

typosquatting noun: a form of cybersquatting that involves the registration of domain names likely to be mistyped by users.

Noun

typosquatting (uncountable)

  1. (Internet) A form of cybersquatting that involves the registration of domain names likely to be mistyped by users.
    • It's a technique, a sort of "typosquatting," that Maly has used repeatedly. A Web site called "Jobonline.cz" was registered last March and two months later Maly bought jobsonline.cz.2000 April 4, ICB Toll Free News, “TYPO-SQUATTING IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC”, in Toll Free 800, Domain Name, and ENUM Industry News and Information, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2004
    • The decline in traditional, direct cybersquatting was accompanied by a rise in a form of indirect cybersquatting known as typosquatting. A typosquatter attempts to cash in on the traffic generated by high-volume Web sites.2014, Aaron Schwabach, Internet and the Law: Technology, Society, and Compromises, 2nd edition, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 59

Origin of typosquatting

Blend of typo + cybersquatting.

Words formed from typosquatting

Questions about typosquatting

What does typosquatting mean?
Typosquatting means a form of cybersquatting that involves the registration of domain names likely to be mistyped by users.
What part of speech is typosquatting?
Typosquatting is a noun.

Words near typosquatting in the dictionary

  1. typosquat
  2. typosquats
  3. typosquatted
  4. typosquatter
  5. typosquatters
  6. typosquatting
  7. typostrophism
  8. typotelegraph
  9. typotelegraphs
  10. typothere
  11. typotheres

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