"USB killer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: USB killers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} USB killer (plural USB killers)
  1. (computer security) A device designed to send high-voltage power surges into the USB data lines of the device it is connected to, which will damage hardware components. Categories (topical): Computer security
    Sense id: en-USB_killer-en-noun-IBfMEQbZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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