"spyware" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spyware.wav
Etymology: From spy + -ware. Etymology templates: {{af|en|spy|-ware|id2=software}} spy + -ware Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} spyware (uncountable)
  1. (Internet) Programs that surreptitiously monitor and report the actions of a computer user. Tags: Internet, uncountable Categories (topical): Internet, Malware Translations (program): بَرَامِج تَجَسُّس (barāmij tajassus) [masculine, plural] (Arabic), լրտեսածրագիր (lrtesacragir) (Armenian), casus proqram (Azerbaijani), шпіёнскае праграмнае забеспячэнне (špijónskaje prahramnaje zabjespjačennje) [neuter] (Belarusian), programari espia (Catalan), 間諜軟件 /间谍软件 (jiàndié ruǎnjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 間諜軟體 /间谍软体 (jiàndié ruǎntǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), špehovací software [masculine] (Czech), spyware [masculine] (Czech), spionprogram [neuter] (Danish), spyware [masculine] (Dutch), nuhkvara (Estonian), vakoiluohjelma (Finnish), logiciel espion [masculine] (French), espiogiciel [masculine] (French), ჯაშუში პროგრამა (ǯašuši ṗrograma) (Georgian), ჯაშუშური პროგრამა (ǯašušuri ṗrograma) (Georgian), Spyware [feminine] (German), Spionagesoftware [feminine] (German), רוגלה [feminine] (Hebrew), kémszoftver (Hungarian), kémprogram (Hungarian), perangkat pengintai (Indonesian), spyware [masculine] (Italian), スパイウェア (supaiwea) (Japanese), 스파이웨어 (seupaiweeo) (Korean), spiegprogrammatūra [feminine] (Latvian), шпионски софтвер (špionski softver) [masculine] (Macedonian), perisian pengintip (Malay), perisian perisik (Malay), perisian intip (Malay), spionprogramvare (Norwegian), spionvare [masculine] (Norwegian), نرم افزارهای جاسوسی (Persian), oprogramowanie szpiegujące [neuter] (Polish), oprogramowanie szpiegowskie [neuter] (Polish), spyware [masculine] (Portuguese), program spion [neuter] (Romanian), шпио́нское ПО (špiónskoje PO) [neuter] (Russian), шпио́нское програ́ммное обеспече́ние (špiónskoje prográmmnoje obespečénije) [neuter] (Russian), шпѝјӯнски со̏фтве̄р [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), спајвер [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), špìjūnski sȍftvēr [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), spajver [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), špehovací softvér [masculine] (Slovak), špionážny softvér [masculine] (Slovak), spyware [masculine] (Slovak), spajvér [masculine] (Slovak), vohunska programska oprema [feminine] (Slovene), vohunsko programje [neuter] (Slovene), software espía [masculine] (Spanish), programa espía [masculine] (Spanish), spionprogram [neuter] (Swedish), ซอฟต์แวร์สอดแนม (sôfwae sòt-naem) (Thai), casus yazılım (Turkish), içaly programma üpjünçiligi (Turkmen), phần mềm gián điệp (Vietnamese), ysbïwedd [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-spyware-en-noun-GQfbiI2e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ware (software), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Turkmen translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Welsh translations Related terms: abandonware, adware, antispyware, baitware, bloatware, crippleware, demoware, donationware, freeware, malware, postcardware, shareware, software, trialware
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "program",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "program",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "program",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "spionprogram"
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sôfwae sòt-naem",
          "sense": "program",
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "program",
          "word": "casus yazılım"
        },
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          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "program",
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        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "program",
          "word": "phần mềm gián điệp"
        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "program",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        }
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      "word": "adware"
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      "word": "antispyware"
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      "word": "baitware"
    },
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      "word": "bloatware"
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      "word": "crippleware"
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      "word": "demoware"
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    {
      "word": "donationware"
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      "word": "freeware"
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    {
      "word": "malware"
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    {
      "word": "postcardware"
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      "word": "shareware"
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        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Thai translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Turkmen translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations",
        "en:Internet",
        "en:Malware"
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          "ref": "2017 December, 5:24 from the start, in Interview with hacktivist Jaromil, ArtEZ studium generale:",
          "text": "In the end of the 90s we call^([sic]) this software spyware, there was a term for it, and now we don't use this term anymore because most of the software that we use is spyware […]",
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        "(Internet) Programs that surreptitiously monitor and report the actions of a computer user."
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "barāmij tajassus",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "بَرَامِج تَجَسُّس"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "lrtesacragir",
      "sense": "program",
      "word": "լրտեսածրագիր"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "program",
      "word": "casus proqram"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "špijónskaje prahramnaje zabjespjačennje",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "шпіёнскае праграмнае забеспячэнне"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "program",
      "word": "programari espia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiàndié ruǎnjiàn",
      "sense": "program",
      "word": "間諜軟件 /间谍软件"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiàndié ruǎntǐ",
      "sense": "program",
      "word": "間諜軟體 /间谍软体"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "špehovací software"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spyware"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "spionprogram"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spyware"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "program",
      "word": "nuhkvara"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "program",
      "word": "vakoiluohjelma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "logiciel espion"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "espiogiciel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ǯašuši ṗrograma",
      "sense": "program",
      "word": "ჯაშუში პროგრამა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ǯašušuri ṗrograma",
      "sense": "program",
      "word": "ჯაშუშური პროგრამა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Spyware"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Spionagesoftware"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "רוגלה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "program",
      "word": "kémszoftver"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "program",
      "word": "kémprogram"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "program",
      "word": "perangkat pengintai"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spyware"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "supaiwea",
      "sense": "program",
      "word": "スパイウェア"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seupaiweeo",
      "sense": "program",
      "word": "스파이웨어"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spiegprogrammatūra"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "špionski softver",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шпионски софтвер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "program",
      "word": "perisian pengintip"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "program",
      "word": "perisian perisik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "program",
      "word": "perisian intip"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "program",
      "word": "spionprogramvare"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spionvare"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "program",
      "word": "نرم افزارهای جاسوسی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "oprogramowanie szpiegujące"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "oprogramowanie szpiegowskie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spyware"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "program spion"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "špiónskoje PO",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "шпио́нское ПО"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "špiónskoje prográmmnoje obespečénije",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "шпио́нское програ́ммное обеспече́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шпѝјӯнски со̏фтве̄р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "спајвер"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "špìjūnski sȍftvēr"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spajver"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "špehovací softvér"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "špionážny softvér"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spyware"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spajvér"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vohunska programska oprema"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vohunsko programje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "software espía"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "programa espía"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "spionprogram"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sôfwae sòt-naem",
      "sense": "program",
      "word": "ซอฟต์แวร์สอดแนม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "program",
      "word": "casus yazılım"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "program",
      "word": "içaly programma üpjünçiligi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "program",
      "word": "phần mềm gián điệp"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "program",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ysbïwedd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spyware"
}

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