cyber-squatting
<jargon, networking>
The practice of registering famous brand names as Internet domain names, e.g. harrods.com, ibm.firm or sears.shop, in the hope of later selling them to the appropriate owner at a profit.
Last updated: 1998-01-22
Nearby terms:
cyberspace ♦ cyberspastic ♦ cyber-squatting ♦ CyberWand ♦ CyberZine
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