English words for '(computing) Pornographic software or malware.'
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noun
- (computing, proscribed) Any type of malware.
- (computing) A type of malware which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks, often causing damage to systems and data; also computer virus.
- a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
- A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms).
- (uncountable) A quantity of such infectious agents, considered en masse.
- A species thereof.
- (figurative) Any malicious or dangerous entity that spreads from one place or person to another.
- (occasionally proscribed) An individual particle thereof: synonym of virion.
- (informal, metonymic) A disease caused by such an infectious agent; a viral illness.
- (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
- a harmful or corrupting agency
verb
noun
- (computing) Malware that deceitfully presents itself as antispyware.
- A mischievous scamp.
- An aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant.
- (Australia) A horse, mule, or donkey that is difficult to control; a refractory horse, especially a racehorse.
- A vagrant.
- A plant that shows some undesirable variation.
- A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
- (roleplaying games) A character class focusing on stealthy conduct.
- a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
adj
verb
noun
- (computing) A software component designed to install malware on a target system.
- A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game.
- A utensil for dispensing a single drop of liquid at a time.
- (slang) A person who uses fraudulent cheques.
- (Australia) A batten fixed to a post-and-wire fence to keep the wires apart.
- (cricket, historical) A delivery by lob bowling (no longer legal).
- A seat post whose height can be adjusted while riding.
- (mining) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.
- (botany) The young bulb of a tulip, not of flowering size.
- One who drops something, especially one who drops a specific item to cause mischief.
- (cricket, historical) A bowler who makes such deliveries.
- (fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
- (tennis, informal) A drop shot.
- pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a time
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
name
verb
noun
- (computing) A software program which protects computers against, or detects and neutralizes, computer viruses and other types of malware; an antivirus.
- (historical) The material taken from cowpox pustules used for vaccination against smallpox.
- Something defensive or protective in nature, like a vaccine (sense 1.1).
- The process of vaccination; immunization, inoculation.
- A substance given to stimulate a body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a derivative of it; or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute; also, a dose of such a substance.
- immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies
adj
noun
- (computing) A program or routine that attaches malware to an existing harmless file on the target system.
- (chemistry) A chemical or other substance that causes two other substances to form into one.
- (UK, slang) One who whines or complains.
- (molecular biology) A protein binder.
- A cover or holder for unbound papers, pages, etc.
- Something that is used to bind things together, often referring to the mechanism that accomplishes this for a book.
- (law) A down payment on a piece of real property that secures the payor the right to purchase the property from the payee upon an agreement of terms.
- (chiefly Minnesota) A rubber band.
- (agriculture) A machine used in harvesting which cuts the stalks of a crop and then ties them into a bundle or sheaf.
- (LGBTQ) Material or clothing used in binding or flattening the breasts.
- Someone who binds.
- A dossier.
- Someone who binds books; a bookbinder.
- (programming) A software mechanism that performs binding.
- something used to tie or bind
- a machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves
- holds loose papers or magazines
- something used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface
noun
adj
verb
noun
- (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
noun
- (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
noun
- Alternative form of porn.
- (Australia, colloquial, derogatory) Synonym of butterface: A woman with an attractive body but an unattractive face.
- (Australia, slang) A fool, an idiot.
- (Commonwealth) A crustacean, sometimes confused with shrimp.
- A crustacean of the suborder Dendrobranchiata.
- shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible
- any of various edible decapod crustaceans
verb
noun
name
noun
- (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
noun
- (computer security) Malware that holds the data of a computer user for ransom, usually requiring or claiming to require payment to restore access.
- malicious software that makes a computer unusable unless a payment is made to the attacker
- (computer security, derogatory) Software that is released as open source only in exchange for payment.
noun
- a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
- (computing) A program which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks and USB drives, often causing damage to systems and data.
noun
verb
name
noun
- Initialism of physical health.
- Initialism of penthouse.
- (computer science) Initialism of polynomial hierarchy.
- Initialism of public holiday.
- (health, policy) Initialism of public health.
- Initialism of public house.
- (business, hydrology) Initialism of professional hydrologist.
- Initialism of Purple Heart.
- (law) Initialism of preliminary hearing.
- Initialism of pommel horse.
noun
- (Internet, euphemistic) pornography; porn
- A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
- (Commonwealth, but not Australia or New Zealand, uncountable) Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.
- A small, hard particle.
- (Jamaica, MLE, slang, firearms, uncountable) Bullets, ammunition, charge and discharge of firearms.
- (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, uncountable) Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.
- (US, Canada) Something (e.g., acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.
- (Jamaica, slang, uncountable) Money.
- A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.
- (veterinary medicine) Skin hyperplasia with underlying fibroma between both digits of cattle.
- (veterinary medicine) An inflammatory disease of a horse's hoof, at the caudal part of the sole.
- (uncountable) A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and refreezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
- tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
- the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
- ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food
- a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes
- whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn
- something sentimental or trite
- (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region — wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)
verb
- (US, Canada) To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef.
- (US, Canada) To provide (an animal) with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed.
- (US, Canada) To granulate; to form (a substance) into grains.
- (Jamaica, MLE, slang) To shoot up with bullets as by a shotgun (corn).
- preserve with large-grained rock salt
- feed (cattle) with corn
noun
- (slang) Pornography.
- Slimy mud, sludge.
- (poker) The pile of discarded cards.
- Soft (or slimy) manure.
- (slang) Semen.
- Anything filthy or vile. Dirt; something that makes another thing dirty.
- (Ottawa Valley Dialect) Food, especially that eaten quickly.
- (Scotland, slang) Heroin.
- Grub, slop, swill
- fecal matter of animals
- any thick, viscous matter
verb
- (Australia, informal, intransitive) To vomit.
- To do a dirty job.
- (poker, colloquial) To pass, to fold without showing one's cards, often done when a better hand has already been revealed.
- (transitive) To manure with muck.
- (transitive) To shovel muck from.
- (Canada, slang) To eat; to devour or guzzle.
- remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine
- soil with mud, muck, or mire
- spread manure, as for fertilization
noun
- (computing, proscribed) Any type of malware.
- (computing) A type of malware which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks, often causing damage to systems and data; also computer virus.
- a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
- A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms).
- (uncountable) A quantity of such infectious agents, considered en masse.
- A species thereof.
- (figurative) Any malicious or dangerous entity that spreads from one place or person to another.
- (occasionally proscribed) An individual particle thereof: synonym of virion.
- (informal, metonymic) A disease caused by such an infectious agent; a viral illness.
- (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
- a harmful or corrupting agency
verb
noun
- (computing) Malware that deceitfully presents itself as antispyware.
- A mischievous scamp.
- An aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant.
- (Australia) A horse, mule, or donkey that is difficult to control; a refractory horse, especially a racehorse.
- A vagrant.
- A plant that shows some undesirable variation.
- A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
- (roleplaying games) A character class focusing on stealthy conduct.
- a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
adj
verb
noun
- (computing) A software component designed to install malware on a target system.
- A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game.
- A utensil for dispensing a single drop of liquid at a time.
- (slang) A person who uses fraudulent cheques.
- (Australia) A batten fixed to a post-and-wire fence to keep the wires apart.
- (cricket, historical) A delivery by lob bowling (no longer legal).
- A seat post whose height can be adjusted while riding.
- (mining) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.
- (botany) The young bulb of a tulip, not of flowering size.
- One who drops something, especially one who drops a specific item to cause mischief.
- (cricket, historical) A bowler who makes such deliveries.
- (fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
- (tennis, informal) A drop shot.
- pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a time
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
name
verb
noun
- (computing) A software program which protects computers against, or detects and neutralizes, computer viruses and other types of malware; an antivirus.
- (historical) The material taken from cowpox pustules used for vaccination against smallpox.
- Something defensive or protective in nature, like a vaccine (sense 1.1).
- The process of vaccination; immunization, inoculation.
- A substance given to stimulate a body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a derivative of it; or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute; also, a dose of such a substance.
- immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies
adj
noun
- (computing) A program or routine that attaches malware to an existing harmless file on the target system.
- (chemistry) A chemical or other substance that causes two other substances to form into one.
- (UK, slang) One who whines or complains.
- (molecular biology) A protein binder.
- A cover or holder for unbound papers, pages, etc.
- Something that is used to bind things together, often referring to the mechanism that accomplishes this for a book.
- (law) A down payment on a piece of real property that secures the payor the right to purchase the property from the payee upon an agreement of terms.
- (chiefly Minnesota) A rubber band.
- (agriculture) A machine used in harvesting which cuts the stalks of a crop and then ties them into a bundle or sheaf.
- (LGBTQ) Material or clothing used in binding or flattening the breasts.
- Someone who binds.
- A dossier.
- Someone who binds books; a bookbinder.
- (programming) A software mechanism that performs binding.
- something used to tie or bind
- a machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves
- holds loose papers or magazines
- something used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface
noun
adj
verb
noun
- (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
noun
- (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
noun
- Alternative form of porn.
- (Australia, colloquial, derogatory) Synonym of butterface: A woman with an attractive body but an unattractive face.
- (Australia, slang) A fool, an idiot.
- (Commonwealth) A crustacean, sometimes confused with shrimp.
- A crustacean of the suborder Dendrobranchiata.
- shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible
- any of various edible decapod crustaceans
verb
noun
name
noun
- (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
noun
- (computer security) Malware that holds the data of a computer user for ransom, usually requiring or claiming to require payment to restore access.
- malicious software that makes a computer unusable unless a payment is made to the attacker
- (computer security, derogatory) Software that is released as open source only in exchange for payment.
noun
- a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
- (computing) A program which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks and USB drives, often causing damage to systems and data.
noun
verb
noun
- (Internet, euphemistic) pornography; porn
- A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
- (Commonwealth, but not Australia or New Zealand, uncountable) Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.
- A small, hard particle.
- (Jamaica, MLE, slang, firearms, uncountable) Bullets, ammunition, charge and discharge of firearms.
- (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, uncountable) Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.
- (US, Canada) Something (e.g., acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.
- (Jamaica, slang, uncountable) Money.
- A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.
- (veterinary medicine) Skin hyperplasia with underlying fibroma between both digits of cattle.
- (veterinary medicine) An inflammatory disease of a horse's hoof, at the caudal part of the sole.
- (uncountable) A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and refreezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
- tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
- the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
- ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food
- a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes
- whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn
- something sentimental or trite
- (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region — wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)
verb
- (US, Canada) To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef.
- (US, Canada) To provide (an animal) with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed.
- (US, Canada) To granulate; to form (a substance) into grains.
- (Jamaica, MLE, slang) To shoot up with bullets as by a shotgun (corn).
- preserve with large-grained rock salt
- feed (cattle) with corn
noun
- (slang) Pornography.
- Slimy mud, sludge.
- (poker) The pile of discarded cards.
- Soft (or slimy) manure.
- (slang) Semen.
- Anything filthy or vile. Dirt; something that makes another thing dirty.
- (Ottawa Valley Dialect) Food, especially that eaten quickly.
- (Scotland, slang) Heroin.
- Grub, slop, swill
- fecal matter of animals
- any thick, viscous matter
verb
- (Australia, informal, intransitive) To vomit.
- To do a dirty job.
- (poker, colloquial) To pass, to fold without showing one's cards, often done when a better hand has already been revealed.
- (transitive) To manure with muck.
- (transitive) To shovel muck from.
- (Canada, slang) To eat; to devour or guzzle.
- remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine
- soil with mud, muck, or mire
- spread manure, as for fertilization
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