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noun
- (programming) A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.
- A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
- An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.
- A tinge, trace or touch.
- (US, vulgar, slang) The perineum.
- A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
- A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish.
- the state of being contaminated
verb
- (transitive, computing, programming) To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.
- (transitive) To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
- (intransitive) To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
- (intransitive) To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
- (transitive, Australia, finance) To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.
- (transitive) To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
- (transitive) To spoil (food) by contamination.
- (intransitive) To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- contaminate with a disease or microorganism
contraction
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- (computing) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
- An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
- (slang) An undesirable place to live or visit.
- (slang, rail transport) A passing loop; a siding provided for trains traveling in opposite directions on a single-track line to pass each other.
- (baseball) The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman.
- (figuratively) A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
- (slang) Any bodily orifice, in particular the anus.
- (archaeology, slang) An excavation pit or trench.
- (figurative) Difficulty, in particular, debt.
- (slang, derogatory) A person's mouth.
- (informal, with "the") Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
- (golf) A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.
- (Ireland, Scotland, vulgar) A vagina.
- (stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.
- (physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
- A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
- In the game of fives, part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
- (chess) A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in the future, control with a friendly pawn.
- (graph theory) A chordless cycle in a graph.
- (Canada, US, historical) A mountain valley.
- (golf) The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes.
- a depression hollowed out of solid matter
- informal terms for a difficult situation
- one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course
- an unoccupied space
- an opening deliberately made in or through something
- a fault
- an opening into or through something
- informal terms for the mouth
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- (computer security) A trap set to detect or deflect attempts at unauthorized use of information systems.
- A pot of honey.
- (chiefly British) A draw: a place which attracts visitors.
- (slang) A vulva or vagina.
- (espionage) A spy (typically attractive and female) who uses sex to trap and blackmail a target.
- A woman who attracts sexual attention from men.
- South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokes
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- (computer security) The covert extraction of data from a system.
- (military) The process of exiting an area (usually behind enemy lines or in enemy territory).
- (sciences) A filtering out (usually movement of a substance through a barrier).
- (civil engineering) A method for managing storm water runoff.
- (biology) A gradual movement of a substance to exterior (as through cell membrane to extracellular fluid or medium).
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- (computer security) The insertion of program code into an application, URL, hardware, etc.; especially when malicious or when the target is not designed for such insertion.
- (internal combustion engines) Fuel injection: the pressurized introduction of fuel into a cylinder.
- (set theory) A function that maps distinct x in the domain to distinct y in the codomain; formally, a f: X → Y such that f(a) = f(b) implies a = b for any a, b in the domain.
- (space science) The act of putting a spacecraft into a particular orbit, especially for changing a stable orbit into a transfer orbit, e.g. trans-lunar injection.
- The act of injecting, or something that is injected.
- (construction) The act of inserting materials like concrete grout or gravel by using high pressure pumps.
- (mathematics) A relation on sets (X,Y) that associates each element of Y with at most one element of X.
- (category theory) A morphism from either one of the two components of a coproduct to that coproduct.
- (figuratively) The supply of additional funding to a person or a business.
- (steam engines) The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
- A specimen prepared by injection.
- (medicine) Congestion (of a body part, with blood or other fluid), such as hyperemia.
- (steam engines) The cold water thrown into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
- (medicine) Something injected subcutaneously, intravenously, or intramuscularly by use of a syringe and a needle.
- the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure
- any solution that is injected (as into the skin)
- the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
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- (computing) An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
- (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
- (gaming) Any of several specific maneuvers, skills, or special abilities that a character can use to inflict damage against opponents.
- (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
- (audio) The amount of time taken for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
- (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
- (informal, by extension) The beginning of active operations on anything.
- A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
- An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
- An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
- (South India) Short for heart attack.
- An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.
- (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
- (wine) The initial sensory impact of a wine.
- (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
- intense adverse criticism
- an offensive move in a sport or game
- the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)
- (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
- a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
- a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition
- the act of attacking
- ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
- strong criticism
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- (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
- (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
- (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
- (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
- (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
- (physical chemistry) (Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it.
- (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
- (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
- (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
- (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
- take the initiative and go on the offensive
- attack someone physically or emotionally
- launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
- begin to injure
- set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task
- attack in speech or writing
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- (computer security) A malicious program that is disguised as legitimate software.
- (politics) A person, organization, social movement, piece of legislation, or ideology with a negative agenda or evil intentions under the guise of positive values or good intentions.
- (figuratively) A subversive person or device placed within the ranks of the enemy.
- (business) A seemingly favorable offer designed to trick customers into making exorbitant payments.
- a subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst
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- (astrophysics) A Trojan asteroid.
- (in similes) One who shows great pluck, endurance, strength, etc.
- A student (especially an athlete) of the University of Southern California.
- A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Troy.
- (astrophysics) An object residing at a Trojan point.
- (computing) Ellipsis of Trojan horse.
- a native of ancient Troy
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- (computer security) The practice of tricking a user into giving, or giving access to, sensitive information, thereby bypassing most or all protection.
- (political science) Efforts to influence attitudes and social behaviors on a large scale, in order to produce desired characteristics in a target population.
- (sociology) Use of numerical data to inform social programs.
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- Initialism of security in pervasive computing.
- Initialism of special purpose carbine.
- Initialism of soy protein concentrate.
- Initialism of special purpose cartridge.
- Initialism of segregated portfolio company.
- (patent law) Initialism of supplementary protection certificate.
- Initialism of structure-property correlation.
- Initialism of saeclum post Christum (“era after Christ”).
- Initialism of serum protein concentrate.
- (pharmacology) Initialism of single pill combination.
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- Initialism of secretariat of the Pacific Community.
- (US) Initialism of Southwest Preparatory Conference.
- (Oxford University) Initialism of St Peter's College, Oxford.
- (US) Initialism of St. Petersburg College.
- (software) Initialism of Software Productivity Consortium.
- Initialism of State Property Committee (of Mongolia)
- (US) Initialism of Storm Prediction Center (United States NOAA)
- Initialism of Supreme Political Council (of Yemen).
noun
- (computer security) A breach of a computer or network's rules such that an unauthorized disclosure or loss of sensitive information may have occurred, or the unauthorized disclosure or loss itself.
- The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
- A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender.
- an accommodation in which both sides make concessions
- a middle way between two extremes
verb
- (transitive) To breach (a security system).
- (transitive) To cause impairment of.
- (intransitive) To find a way between extremes.
- (ambitransitive) To bind by mutual agreement.
- To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
- To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.
- expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute
- settle by concession
- make a compromise; arrive at a compromise
verb
- (computing) To breach security by overwriting data that is not intended for user input.
- To place a poster so that it covers all or part of another poster.
- To post too much or too often.
- To pass over swiftly, as if by post.
- (cartography) To print a text label or other graphic feature on top of another symbol.
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- (computer security) A secret means of access to a program or system.
- (golf, informal) The rear side of the hole, furthest from the golfer.
- A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street.
- A means of access, often secret and unprotected, to something.
- (automotive) A rear side door of a car, or at the back of a van.
- (slang) The anus; (by extension) anal sex.
- an entrance at the rear of a building
- an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains
- a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position)
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- To attempt to accomplish by indirect means, especially when direct means are proscribed.
- (surfing) To enter a tube by accelerating from behind; to surf into an already formed hollow wave, in contrast to the normal method of slowing to allow a surfable wave to form.
- (computer security) To add a backdoor (a secret means of access) to a program or system.
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- (computing) Initialism of Message Integrity Check, a strong encryption technology that is employed to prevent an attacker from capturing data packets, altering them and resending them.
- (Malaysian politics) Initialism of Malaysian Indian Congress, a political party for Malaysian Indians.
- (computing, Microsoft) Initialism of Microsoft Innovation Center.
- Abbreviation of Michoacán: a state of Mexico.
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- (computing) A weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's security.
- (uncountable) The state of being vulnerable; susceptibility to attack or injury, either physical or emotional; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.
- (countable) A specific weakness in the protections or defences surrounding someone or something.
- susceptibility to injury or attack
- the state of being vulnerable or exposed
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- (computer security) Initialism of security information management.
- (law, England and Wales) Acronym of search of the index map.
- (marketing) Acronym of social influence marketing.
- (microscopy) Acronym of scanning ion microscope.
- (telecommunications) Acronym of Subscriber Identity Module.
- (computing) Clipping of simulation.
- Clipping of SIM card
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- (computing) A program or technique that takes advantage of a vulnerability in other software.
- An achievement.
- (by extension, Internet, video games) An action or technique that takes advantage of the conditions of a video game to gain an advantage, or to disadvantage others.
- A heroic or extraordinary deed.
- a notable achievement
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- (computing) A type of malware that obtains and runs using privileged access, bypassing normal security systems.
- (US, slang) One who roots for, or applauds, something.
- A device for boring a pathway through a blocked drain or sewer.
- One who holds a primary or founding position in an enterprise.
- One who roots or rummages through something.
- (woodworking) A blade for producing a narrow groove in a piece of wood.
- A plant, viewed in terms of how it establishes its roots.
- (by extension) A type of heavy machinery similar to a plow for breaking up soil, concrete, asphalt, etc.
- One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots.
- an enthusiastic devotee of sports
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- (computer security) The software that monitors traffic in and out of a private network or a personal computer and allows or blocks such traffic depending on its perceived threat.
- (physics) A hypothetical phenomenon where an observer falling into a black hole encounters high-energy quanta at or near the event horizon.
- (politics, especially Germany) An unwritten agreement among major political parties to refuse to govern or cooperate with national conservative and ultranationalist parties.
- An ethical wall; an organizational or legal separation between two entities that might otherwise cause conflicts of interest.
- (architecture) A fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire between or through buildings, structures, electrical substation transformers, or within an aircraft or vehicle.
- (colloquial) the application of maximum thrust
- a fireproof (or fire-resistant) wall designed to prevent the spread of fire through a building or a vehicle
- (computing) a security system consisting of a combination of hardware and software that limits the exposure of a computer or computer network to attack from crackers; commonly used on local area networks that are connected to the internet
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- (computing) Unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network.
- (computing) Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.
- (massage) The act of striking the muscles with the side of the hand.
- (pathology) A dry coughing; the emission of a succession of short coughs.
- (sports, chiefly American football, soccer, rugby) A kick in the shins.
- (UK, countable) A riding or journey on horseback.
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- (computing) A computer affected by malware which causes it to do whatever the attacker wants it to do without the user's knowledge.
- (voodoo, horror) A person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces (such as magic), with no soul or will of his or her own.
- (Canada, historical, derogatory) A conscripted member of the Canadian military during World War II who was assigned to home defence rather than to combat in Europe.
- (figuratively) An apathetic or slow-witted person.
- (computing) A process or task which has terminated but has not been removed from the list of processes, typically because it has an unresponsive parent process.
- (Australia, slang) Marijuana, or similar drugs.
- (figurative) Someone or something that should be dead but is not.
- (philosophy) A hypothetical being that is indistinguishable from a normal human being except in that it lacks conscious experience, qualia, or sentience.
- An information worker who has signed a nondisclosure agreement.
- (figuratively) A human being in a state of extreme mental exhaustion.
- A cocktail of rum and fruit juices.
- a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies
- someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way
- (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body
- several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur
- a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
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- (computing) Of an exploit or its threat or an attack, benefiting from a newly found and yet unpatched or unmitigated flaw in software or hardware; using a zero-day vulnerability.
- (computing) Of a vulnerability, newly discovered, and therefore still not fixed and possibly exploited by hackers or other criminals.
- (computing) Of warez, released less than a day after the official product release.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see zero, day.
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- (computing) A piece of code intentionally inserted into a software system that will set off a malicious function when specified conditions are met.
- a set of instructions inserted into a program that are designed to execute (or ‘explode’) if a particular condition is satisfied; when exploded it may delete or corrupt data, or print a spurious message, or have other harmful effects
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- (computer security) A computer virus that seeks to attack antivirus programs in an attempt to avoid detection.
- (virology) Any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell, thus changing the genome of that cell.
- any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell
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- (computer security) Initialism of chosen-plaintext attack.
- (nautical, aviation) Initialism of closest point of approach.
- (organic chemistry, pharmacology) Abbreviation of cyproterone acetate.
- (Canada, accounting) Initialism of chartered professional accountant.
- (linguistics) Initialism of Christian Palestinian Aramaic.
- (computer security) Initialism of correlation power analysis.
- (physics) Initialism of chirped-pulse amplification.
- (advertising) Initialism of cost per action.
- (accounting) Initialism of collaboration protocol agreement in ebXML.
- (pathology) Initialism of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis.
- (US, Philippines, accounting) Initialism of certified public accountant.
- (South Asia) Initialism of crores per annum.
- (chemistry) Abbreviation of copolymer alloy.
- (metascience) Initialism of co-citation proximity analysis.
- an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a United States state to be certified by that state
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- (computing) Initialism of Internet Provider Security.
- Initialism of ichthyosis prematurity syndrome.
- Initialism of idiopathic pneumonia syndrome.
- (computing) Initialism of instructions per second.
- (computing) Initialism of intrusion prevention system.
- (engineering) Initialism of iron piping size.
- Initialism of idiopathic postprandial syndrome.
- (electronics) Initialism of in-plane switching (“LCD screen technology”).
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- secure against
- (usually followed by ‘to’) not affected by a given influence
- relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)
- relating to the condition of immunity
- (medicine, usually with "to") Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens.
- (usually with "from") Exempt; not subject to.
- (by extension) Not vulnerable.
- (medicine) Of or pertaining to immunity.
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- (computer security) Relating to communication, such as identity verification, via a method other than the primary means of accessing the software.
- (programming) Referring to a value returned by a function that is not in its natural range of return values, but rather signals an exception.
- (telecommunications) Relating to activity outside of a defined telecommunications frequency band.
- (telecommunications, by extension) Relating to communication on a different channel, or by a different method, from that of the primary communication channel.
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- (computer security, telecommunications) One who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems.
- Something that hacks; a device or tool for hacking; specifically, an axe used for cutting tree branches or wood.
- (British, regional) A fork-shaped tool used to harvest root vegetables.
- One who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity, especially (sports, originally and chiefly golf), a sport such as golf or tennis.
- Someone who hacks.
- One who cuts with heavy or rough blows.
- (US, road transport) One who operates a taxicab; a cabdriver.
- someone who plays golf poorly
- one who works hard at boring tasks
- a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm
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- (programming) A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.
- A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
- An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.
- A tinge, trace or touch.
- (US, vulgar, slang) The perineum.
- A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
- A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish.
- the state of being contaminated
verb
- (transitive, computing, programming) To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.
- (transitive) To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
- (intransitive) To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
- (intransitive) To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
- (transitive, Australia, finance) To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.
- (transitive) To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
- (transitive) To spoil (food) by contamination.
- (intransitive) To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- contaminate with a disease or microorganism
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- (computing) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
- An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
- (slang) An undesirable place to live or visit.
- (slang, rail transport) A passing loop; a siding provided for trains traveling in opposite directions on a single-track line to pass each other.
- (baseball) The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman.
- (figuratively) A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
- (slang) Any bodily orifice, in particular the anus.
- (archaeology, slang) An excavation pit or trench.
- (figurative) Difficulty, in particular, debt.
- (slang, derogatory) A person's mouth.
- (informal, with "the") Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
- (golf) A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.
- (Ireland, Scotland, vulgar) A vagina.
- (stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.
- (physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
- A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
- In the game of fives, part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
- (chess) A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in the future, control with a friendly pawn.
- (graph theory) A chordless cycle in a graph.
- (Canada, US, historical) A mountain valley.
- (golf) The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes.
- a depression hollowed out of solid matter
- informal terms for a difficult situation
- one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course
- an unoccupied space
- an opening deliberately made in or through something
- a fault
- an opening into or through something
- informal terms for the mouth
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- (computer security) A trap set to detect or deflect attempts at unauthorized use of information systems.
- A pot of honey.
- (chiefly British) A draw: a place which attracts visitors.
- (slang) A vulva or vagina.
- (espionage) A spy (typically attractive and female) who uses sex to trap and blackmail a target.
- A woman who attracts sexual attention from men.
- South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokes
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- (computer security) The covert extraction of data from a system.
- (military) The process of exiting an area (usually behind enemy lines or in enemy territory).
- (sciences) A filtering out (usually movement of a substance through a barrier).
- (civil engineering) A method for managing storm water runoff.
- (biology) A gradual movement of a substance to exterior (as through cell membrane to extracellular fluid or medium).
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- (computer security) The insertion of program code into an application, URL, hardware, etc.; especially when malicious or when the target is not designed for such insertion.
- (internal combustion engines) Fuel injection: the pressurized introduction of fuel into a cylinder.
- (set theory) A function that maps distinct x in the domain to distinct y in the codomain; formally, a f: X → Y such that f(a) = f(b) implies a = b for any a, b in the domain.
- (space science) The act of putting a spacecraft into a particular orbit, especially for changing a stable orbit into a transfer orbit, e.g. trans-lunar injection.
- The act of injecting, or something that is injected.
- (construction) The act of inserting materials like concrete grout or gravel by using high pressure pumps.
- (mathematics) A relation on sets (X,Y) that associates each element of Y with at most one element of X.
- (category theory) A morphism from either one of the two components of a coproduct to that coproduct.
- (figuratively) The supply of additional funding to a person or a business.
- (steam engines) The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
- A specimen prepared by injection.
- (medicine) Congestion (of a body part, with blood or other fluid), such as hyperemia.
- (steam engines) The cold water thrown into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
- (medicine) Something injected subcutaneously, intravenously, or intramuscularly by use of a syringe and a needle.
- the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure
- any solution that is injected (as into the skin)
- the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
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- (computing) An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
- (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
- (gaming) Any of several specific maneuvers, skills, or special abilities that a character can use to inflict damage against opponents.
- (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
- (audio) The amount of time taken for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
- (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
- (informal, by extension) The beginning of active operations on anything.
- A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
- An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
- An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
- (South India) Short for heart attack.
- An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.
- (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
- (wine) The initial sensory impact of a wine.
- (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
- intense adverse criticism
- an offensive move in a sport or game
- the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)
- (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
- a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
- a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition
- the act of attacking
- ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
- strong criticism
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- (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
- (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
- (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
- (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
- (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
- (physical chemistry) (Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it.
- (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
- (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
- (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
- (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
- take the initiative and go on the offensive
- attack someone physically or emotionally
- launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
- begin to injure
- set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task
- attack in speech or writing
noun
- (computer security) A malicious program that is disguised as legitimate software.
- (politics) A person, organization, social movement, piece of legislation, or ideology with a negative agenda or evil intentions under the guise of positive values or good intentions.
- (figuratively) A subversive person or device placed within the ranks of the enemy.
- (business) A seemingly favorable offer designed to trick customers into making exorbitant payments.
- a subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst
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- (computer security) The practice of tricking a user into giving, or giving access to, sensitive information, thereby bypassing most or all protection.
- (political science) Efforts to influence attitudes and social behaviors on a large scale, in order to produce desired characteristics in a target population.
- (sociology) Use of numerical data to inform social programs.
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- Initialism of security in pervasive computing.
- Initialism of special purpose carbine.
- Initialism of soy protein concentrate.
- Initialism of special purpose cartridge.
- Initialism of segregated portfolio company.
- (patent law) Initialism of supplementary protection certificate.
- Initialism of structure-property correlation.
- Initialism of saeclum post Christum (“era after Christ”).
- Initialism of serum protein concentrate.
- (pharmacology) Initialism of single pill combination.
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- Initialism of secretariat of the Pacific Community.
- (US) Initialism of Southwest Preparatory Conference.
- (Oxford University) Initialism of St Peter's College, Oxford.
- (US) Initialism of St. Petersburg College.
- (software) Initialism of Software Productivity Consortium.
- Initialism of State Property Committee (of Mongolia)
- (US) Initialism of Storm Prediction Center (United States NOAA)
- Initialism of Supreme Political Council (of Yemen).
noun
- (computer security) A breach of a computer or network's rules such that an unauthorized disclosure or loss of sensitive information may have occurred, or the unauthorized disclosure or loss itself.
- The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
- A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender.
- an accommodation in which both sides make concessions
- a middle way between two extremes
verb
- (transitive) To breach (a security system).
- (transitive) To cause impairment of.
- (intransitive) To find a way between extremes.
- (ambitransitive) To bind by mutual agreement.
- To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
- To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.
- expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute
- settle by concession
- make a compromise; arrive at a compromise
noun
- (computer security) A secret means of access to a program or system.
- (golf, informal) The rear side of the hole, furthest from the golfer.
- A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street.
- A means of access, often secret and unprotected, to something.
- (automotive) A rear side door of a car, or at the back of a van.
- (slang) The anus; (by extension) anal sex.
- an entrance at the rear of a building
- an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains
- a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position)
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- To attempt to accomplish by indirect means, especially when direct means are proscribed.
- (surfing) To enter a tube by accelerating from behind; to surf into an already formed hollow wave, in contrast to the normal method of slowing to allow a surfable wave to form.
- (computer security) To add a backdoor (a secret means of access) to a program or system.
noun
- (computing) A weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's security.
- (uncountable) The state of being vulnerable; susceptibility to attack or injury, either physical or emotional; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.
- (countable) A specific weakness in the protections or defences surrounding someone or something.
- susceptibility to injury or attack
- the state of being vulnerable or exposed
noun
- (computer security) Initialism of security information management.
- (law, England and Wales) Acronym of search of the index map.
- (marketing) Acronym of social influence marketing.
- (microscopy) Acronym of scanning ion microscope.
- (telecommunications) Acronym of Subscriber Identity Module.
- (computing) Clipping of simulation.
- Clipping of SIM card
noun
- (computing) A program or technique that takes advantage of a vulnerability in other software.
- An achievement.
- (by extension, Internet, video games) An action or technique that takes advantage of the conditions of a video game to gain an advantage, or to disadvantage others.
- A heroic or extraordinary deed.
- a notable achievement
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- (computing) A type of malware that obtains and runs using privileged access, bypassing normal security systems.
- (US, slang) One who roots for, or applauds, something.
- A device for boring a pathway through a blocked drain or sewer.
- One who holds a primary or founding position in an enterprise.
- One who roots or rummages through something.
- (woodworking) A blade for producing a narrow groove in a piece of wood.
- A plant, viewed in terms of how it establishes its roots.
- (by extension) A type of heavy machinery similar to a plow for breaking up soil, concrete, asphalt, etc.
- One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots.
- an enthusiastic devotee of sports
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- (computer security) The software that monitors traffic in and out of a private network or a personal computer and allows or blocks such traffic depending on its perceived threat.
- (physics) A hypothetical phenomenon where an observer falling into a black hole encounters high-energy quanta at or near the event horizon.
- (politics, especially Germany) An unwritten agreement among major political parties to refuse to govern or cooperate with national conservative and ultranationalist parties.
- An ethical wall; an organizational or legal separation between two entities that might otherwise cause conflicts of interest.
- (architecture) A fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire between or through buildings, structures, electrical substation transformers, or within an aircraft or vehicle.
- (colloquial) the application of maximum thrust
- a fireproof (or fire-resistant) wall designed to prevent the spread of fire through a building or a vehicle
- (computing) a security system consisting of a combination of hardware and software that limits the exposure of a computer or computer network to attack from crackers; commonly used on local area networks that are connected to the internet
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- (computing) Unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network.
- (computing) Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.
- (massage) The act of striking the muscles with the side of the hand.
- (pathology) A dry coughing; the emission of a succession of short coughs.
- (sports, chiefly American football, soccer, rugby) A kick in the shins.
- (UK, countable) A riding or journey on horseback.
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- (computing) A computer affected by malware which causes it to do whatever the attacker wants it to do without the user's knowledge.
- (voodoo, horror) A person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces (such as magic), with no soul or will of his or her own.
- (Canada, historical, derogatory) A conscripted member of the Canadian military during World War II who was assigned to home defence rather than to combat in Europe.
- (figuratively) An apathetic or slow-witted person.
- (computing) A process or task which has terminated but has not been removed from the list of processes, typically because it has an unresponsive parent process.
- (Australia, slang) Marijuana, or similar drugs.
- (figurative) Someone or something that should be dead but is not.
- (philosophy) A hypothetical being that is indistinguishable from a normal human being except in that it lacks conscious experience, qualia, or sentience.
- An information worker who has signed a nondisclosure agreement.
- (figuratively) A human being in a state of extreme mental exhaustion.
- A cocktail of rum and fruit juices.
- a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies
- someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way
- (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body
- several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur
- a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
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- (computing) A piece of code intentionally inserted into a software system that will set off a malicious function when specified conditions are met.
- a set of instructions inserted into a program that are designed to execute (or ‘explode’) if a particular condition is satisfied; when exploded it may delete or corrupt data, or print a spurious message, or have other harmful effects
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- (computer security) A computer virus that seeks to attack antivirus programs in an attempt to avoid detection.
- (virology) Any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell, thus changing the genome of that cell.
- any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell
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- (computer security) Initialism of chosen-plaintext attack.
- (nautical, aviation) Initialism of closest point of approach.
- (organic chemistry, pharmacology) Abbreviation of cyproterone acetate.
- (Canada, accounting) Initialism of chartered professional accountant.
- (linguistics) Initialism of Christian Palestinian Aramaic.
- (computer security) Initialism of correlation power analysis.
- (physics) Initialism of chirped-pulse amplification.
- (advertising) Initialism of cost per action.
- (accounting) Initialism of collaboration protocol agreement in ebXML.
- (pathology) Initialism of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis.
- (US, Philippines, accounting) Initialism of certified public accountant.
- (South Asia) Initialism of crores per annum.
- (chemistry) Abbreviation of copolymer alloy.
- (metascience) Initialism of co-citation proximity analysis.
- an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a United States state to be certified by that state
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- (computing) Initialism of Internet Provider Security.
- Initialism of ichthyosis prematurity syndrome.
- Initialism of idiopathic pneumonia syndrome.
- (computing) Initialism of instructions per second.
- (computing) Initialism of intrusion prevention system.
- (engineering) Initialism of iron piping size.
- Initialism of idiopathic postprandial syndrome.
- (electronics) Initialism of in-plane switching (“LCD screen technology”).
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- (computer security, telecommunications) One who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems.
- Something that hacks; a device or tool for hacking; specifically, an axe used for cutting tree branches or wood.
- (British, regional) A fork-shaped tool used to harvest root vegetables.
- One who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity, especially (sports, originally and chiefly golf), a sport such as golf or tennis.
- Someone who hacks.
- One who cuts with heavy or rough blows.
- (US, road transport) One who operates a taxicab; a cabdriver.
- someone who plays golf poorly
- one who works hard at boring tasks
- a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm
noun
- (programming) A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.
- A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
- An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.
- A tinge, trace or touch.
- (US, vulgar, slang) The perineum.
- A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
- A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish.
- the state of being contaminated
verb
- (transitive, computing, programming) To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.
- (transitive) To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
- (intransitive) To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
- (intransitive) To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
- (transitive, Australia, finance) To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.
- (transitive) To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
- (transitive) To spoil (food) by contamination.
- (intransitive) To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- contaminate with a disease or microorganism
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- (computing) To breach security by overwriting data that is not intended for user input.
- To place a poster so that it covers all or part of another poster.
- To post too much or too often.
- To pass over swiftly, as if by post.
- (cartography) To print a text label or other graphic feature on top of another symbol.
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Nessuna parola corrispondente trovata. Prova una descrizione più ampia.
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- (astrophysics) A Trojan asteroid.
- (in similes) One who shows great pluck, endurance, strength, etc.
- A student (especially an athlete) of the University of Southern California.
- A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Troy.
- (astrophysics) An object residing at a Trojan point.
- (computing) Ellipsis of Trojan horse.
- a native of ancient Troy
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- (computing) Of an exploit or its threat or an attack, benefiting from a newly found and yet unpatched or unmitigated flaw in software or hardware; using a zero-day vulnerability.
- (computing) Of a vulnerability, newly discovered, and therefore still not fixed and possibly exploited by hackers or other criminals.
- (computing) Of warez, released less than a day after the official product release.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see zero, day.
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- secure against
- (usually followed by ‘to’) not affected by a given influence
- relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)
- relating to the condition of immunity
- (medicine, usually with "to") Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens.
- (usually with "from") Exempt; not subject to.
- (by extension) Not vulnerable.
- (medicine) Of or pertaining to immunity.
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- (computer security) Relating to communication, such as identity verification, via a method other than the primary means of accessing the software.
- (programming) Referring to a value returned by a function that is not in its natural range of return values, but rather signals an exception.
- (telecommunications) Relating to activity outside of a defined telecommunications frequency band.
- (telecommunications, by extension) Relating to communication on a different channel, or by a different method, from that of the primary communication channel.