logic bomb

3 definitions found

logic bomb - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  logic bomb
      n 1: a set of instructions inserted into a program that are
           designed to execute (or `explode') if a particular
           condition is satisfied; when exploded it may delete or
           corrupt data, or print a spurious message, or have other
           harmful effects; "a disgruntled employee planted a logic
           bomb" [syn: logic bomb, slag code]

logic bomb - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  logic bomb
  
     <programming, security> Code surreptitiously inserted into an
     application or operating system that causes it to perform
     some destructive or security-compromising activity whenever
     specified conditions are met.
  
     Compare back door.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1996-07-02)
  

logic bomb - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  logic bomb
   n.
  
     Code surreptitiously inserted into an application or OS that causes
  it
     to perform some destructive or security-compromising activity
  whenever
     specified conditions are met. Compare back door.