trojan

See also: Trojan and tröjan

English

Etymology

From Trojan horse.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɹəʊdʒən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɹoʊdʒən/

Noun

trojan (plural trojans)

  1. (computing) Malware that appears to perform or actually performs a desired task for a user while performing a harmful task without the user's knowledge or consent.

Translations

Adjective

trojan (not comparable)

  1. (astronomy) Describing a satellite (moon or minor planet) that shares an orbit with another

Hypernyms

Translations

Verb

trojan (third-person singular simple present trojans, present participle trojaning, simple past and past participle trojaned)

  1. (computing, transitive) To infect (a system) with a trojan.

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French

Noun

trojan m (plural trojans)

  1. (computing, Anglicism) trojan, Trojan horse (computing)

Portuguese

Noun

trojan m (plural trojans)

  1. (computing) Trojan horse (malicious program disguised as legitimate software)

Synonyms

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