Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

goat file

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables: goat -file
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An executable file with a known structure and/or file size, designed to be infected by a file-infecting computer virus in order to facilitate the study of such.

Etymology

Named thus because the file acts as a "sacrificial goat".

Inflected Forms

goat files (plural)

Questions

What does goat file mean?: An executable file with a known structure and/or file size, designed to be infected by a file-infecting computer virus in order to facilitate the study of such.
Where does goat file come from?: Named thus because the file acts as a "sacrificial goat".

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