- 1the process of changing the genes of an animal or a plant so that it produces large quantities of a substance, especially for use in medicine cows and sheep used in pharming pharming technology From “farming” and “pharmaceutical.”
- 2the practice of secretly changing computer files or software so that visitors to a popular Web site are sent to a different Web site instead, without their knowledge, where their personal details are stolen and used to steal money from them compare phishing
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