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Definition of Pharming
1. Noun. The use of genetic engineering to alter an animal or plant in order to make it produce a pharmaceutical or similar product ¹
2. Noun. (computing) The redirection of traffic for one website to another, with intent to deceive ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pharming
1. the production of pharmaceuticals from genetically altered plants or animals [n -S]
Medical Definition of Pharming
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pharming
Literary usage of Pharming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Information Security: Emerging Cybersecurity Issues Threaten Federal by Gregory C. Wilshusen (2005)
"pharming uses a variety of technical methods to redirect a user to a spoofed ...
For example, one pharming technique is to "poison" the local domain name ..."
2. Tour Through Parts of the United States and Canada by Beaufoy (1828)
"... and appropriated to the ordnance department, is delightfully shaded with trees,
and laid put in walks, drives, &c. That pharming spot used, ..."
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