Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heartbleed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables: heart-bleed
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A security bug in OpenSSL, where more data can be read than should be allowed, which was disclosed and fixed in April 2014.

Etymology

Blend of heartbeat (“periodic signal generated to indicate normal operation of hardware or software”) + bleed.

Questions

What does heartbleed mean?: A security bug in OpenSSL, where more data can be read than should be allowed, which was disclosed and fixed in April 2014.
Where does heartbleed come from?: Blend of heartbeat (“periodic signal generated to indicate normal operation of hardware or software”) + bleed.

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