Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

logic bomb

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English

Syllables: log-ic bomb
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piece of code intentionally inserted into a software system that will set off a malicious function when specified conditions are met.

Example Sentences

"The disgruntled programmer's logic bomb would wipe files from the network if he had not logged in within the past six weeks."

Inflected Forms

logic bombs (plural)

Synonyms

slag code

Questions

What does logic bomb mean?: A piece of code intentionally inserted into a software system that will set off a malicious function when specified conditions are met.

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