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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesomoglifo
Pronunciation / Transliteration: omoɡlifo
"Il browser ha bloccato il sito a causa dell'uso di un omoglifo."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
One of two or more characters or glyphs with shapes that are identical or very similar, often causing confusion in reading or computing.
"The security system detected a potential phishing attack that used a homoglyph to mimic a legitimate domain name." - 2
A character in one writing system that looks identical to a character in a completely different writing system.
"Latin 'a' and Cyrillic 'а' can act as homoglyphs in internationalized domain name spoofing."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek roots 'homo-', meaning 'same', and 'glyphe', meaning 'carving' or 'inscription'. The term emerged in modern typography and digital security contexts in the late 20th century to describe characters that share identical or nearly identical visual appearances.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Homoglyph" is said worldwide
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homoglyphe
Transliteration: omɔɡlif
"Les attaques par homoglyphes posent un risque sérieux pour la sécurité du web."
Homoglyph
Transliteration: homoɡlʏf
"Ein Homoglyph sieht einem anderen Zeichen täuschend ähnlich."
omoglifo
Transliteration: omoɡlifo
"Il browser ha bloccato il sito a causa dell'uso di un omoglifo."
homoglifo
Transliteration: omoɡlifo
"El uso de un homoglifo puede engañar a los usuarios en internet."
homoglifo
Transliteration: omogliifu
"O ataque utilizou um homoglifo para falsificar o endereço do site."
समरूप लिपिचिह्न
Transliteration: samaroop lipichihn
"होमoglyph का उपयोग करके फ़ishing हमले किए जा सकते हैं।"
同形异义字
Transliteration: tóng xíng yì yì zì
Script: 同形字
"网络攻击者经常利用同形字来实施钓鱼网站欺诈。"
동형문자
Transliteration: donghyeongmunja
"이 웹사이트는 동형문자를 이용한 피싱 공격에 노출되었습니다."
同形文字
Transliteration: dōkei moji
"同形文字を利用したドメイン偽装に注意が必要です。"
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