rootkit (plural rootkits)
(computer security) A set of software tools used by a third party to gain unauthorized access to a computer system and control the system while concealing itself from the user.
rootkit (third-person singular simple present rootkits, present participle rootkitting, simple past and past participle rootkitted)
(transitive) To infect (a computer system) with a rootkit.
Source: Wiktionary
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
