Trojan horse
see also: Trojan Horse
Proper noun
Trojan Horse
Proper noun
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see also: Trojan Horse
Proper noun
- The hollow wooden horse by which the Greeks allegedly gained access to Ilium/Troy during the Trojan War.
- French: cheval de Troie
- German: Trojanisches Pferd
- Italian: cavallo di Troia
- Portuguese: cavalo de Troia
- Russian: троя́нский конь
- Spanish: caballo de Troya
Trojan horse (plural Trojan horses)
- (by extension) A subversive person or device placed within the ranks of the enemy.
- (computing) A malicious program that is disguised as legitimate software.
- 1991, Katie Hafner & John Markoff, Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier (1995 revised edition), Simon and Schuster, ISBN 0684818620, pp. 255-256:
- Worse than what could be observed about the program was the fear that it might be a Trojan horse program -- apparently innocent, but carrying a string of code instructing the computer to carry out a specific damaging instruction at some later time.
- 1991, Katie Hafner & John Markoff, Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier (1995 revised edition), Simon and Schuster, ISBN 0684818620, pp. 255-256:
- (business) A seemingly favorable offer designed to trick customers into making exorbitant payments.
- (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.
- 2003, Krugman, Paul R., The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century (2004 reprint), W. W. Norton & Company, ISBN 0393326055, p. 449:
- Indeed, it may turn out to be a Trojan horse that finally allows conservative ideologues, who have unsuccessfully laid siege to Medicare since the days of Barry Goldwater, to breach its political defenses.
- 2003, Krugman, Paul R., The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century (2004 reprint), W. W. Norton & Company, ISBN 0393326055, p. 449:
- (program) Trojan
- French: cheval de Troie
- Portuguese: cavalo de Troia
- Russian: Троя́нский ко́нь
- French: cheval de Troie, trojan
- German: Trojaner
- Italian: cavallo di Troia, trojan
- Portuguese: cavalo de Troia, trojan
- Russian: Тро́янский ко́нь
- Spanish: troyano, caballo de Troya
Trojan Horse
Proper noun
- Alternative form of Trojan horse
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