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It's a system called auto-fill and it is implemented in Firefox to ease up typing too much in the address bar. To disable this setting, open the firefox browser. Then go to settings. Go to the Advanced Tab. Then to the General Tab. Uncheck "Search for text when I start typing" and you are done.

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