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Redirection vs Pharming - What's the difference?

redirection | pharming |

As nouns the difference between redirection and pharming

is that redirection is the act of setting a new direction while pharming is the use of genetic engineering to alter an animal or plant in order to make it produce a pharmaceutical or similar product.

redirection

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of setting a new direction.
  • (Internet) The automated process of taking a user to a location other than the one selected.
  • pharming

    English

    Etymology 1

    from pharmaceutical + farming

    Noun

    (-)
  • The use of genetic engineering to alter an animal or plant in order to make it produce a pharmaceutical or similar product
  • Synonyms
    * biofarming, biopharming

    Etymology 2

    By extension, from phishing

    Noun

    (wikipedia pharming) (-)
  • (computing) The redirection of traffic for one website to another, with intent to deceive