bitsquatting

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What does bitsquatting mean?

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.

Where does bitsquatting come from?

From bit + typosquatting, by analogy.

How to pronounce bitsquatting

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