SPOOFING

Verb

spoofing

present participle of spoof

Noun

spoofing (countable and uncountable, plural spoofings)

(computing) A method of attacking a computer program, in which the program is modified so as to appear to be working normally when in reality it has been modified with the purpose of circumventing security mechanisms.

(computing) Phishing.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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