Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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malevolent program | Yes | No | No | No |
logic bomb | Yes | No | No | No |
malevolent program (noun) | logic bomb (noun) |
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a computer program designed to have undesirable or harmful effects | 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 |