"key logger" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: key loggers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} key logger (plural key loggers)
  1. (computing) Software or hardware designed to record keyboard entries, often for the purpose of stealing passwords or other sensitive data. Categories (topical): Computer security, Computing, Malware Translations (software or hardware designed to record keystrokes): näppäinnauhuri (Finnish), καταγραφέας πληκτρολόγησης (katagraféas pliktrológisis) [masculine] (Greek), billentyűzetfigyelő (Hungarian), perekam ketikan (Indonesian), rejestrator klawiszy [masculine] (Polish), keylogger [masculine] (Portuguese)

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