"spoofing" meaning in English

See spoofing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈspuːfɪŋ/, [ˈspu̟fɪ̃ŋ] [General-American], [ˈspʉːfɪŋ] [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-spoofing.wav Forms: spoofings [plural]
Rhymes: -uːfɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} spoofing (countable and uncountable, plural spoofings)
  1. (computing) Falsifying one's identity or other identifying information (e.g. location) by technical means to deceive or gain access. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (falsifying one's identity or other identifying information): toisena esiintyminen (english: identity) (Finnish), väärennys (Finnish), harhautus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-spoofing-en-noun-3zRq92~l Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 29 32 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 33 29 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 30 36 3 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of "falsifying one's identity or other identifying information": 94 2 4
  2. (computing) A method of attacking a computer program, in which the program is modified so as to appear to be working normally when in reality it has been modified with the purpose of circumventing security mechanisms. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (method of attacking a computer program): Spoofing [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-spoofing-en-noun-~Av2dQUq Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 29 32 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 33 29 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 30 36 3 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'method of attacking a computer program': 5 82 13
  3. (computing) Phishing. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-spoofing-en-noun-6PWjkj0o Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 29 32 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 25 40 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 33 29 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 30 36 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 23 47 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 23 47 7 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Verb

IPA: /ˈspuːfɪŋ/, [ˈspu̟fɪ̃ŋ] [General-American], [ˈspʉːfɪŋ] [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-spoofing.wav
Rhymes: -uːfɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} spoofing
  1. present participle and gerund of spoof Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: spoof
    Sense id: en-spoofing-en-verb-mtjC5zQi

Inflected forms

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