"trojan" meaning in English

See trojan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈtɹəʊd͡ʒən/ [UK], /ˈtɹoʊd͡ʒən/ [US]
Etymology: From Trojan horse. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Trojan horse}} Trojan horse Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} trojan (not comparable)
  1. (astronomy) Describing a satellite (moon or minor planet) that shares an orbit with another Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Astronomy, Lagrange points Translations (celestial object sharing an orbit): troijalainen (Finnish), troyen (French)
    Sense id: en-trojan-en-adj-g8sYYPko Disambiguation of Lagrange points: 42 33 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 31 23 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹəʊd͡ʒən/ [UK], /ˈtɹoʊd͡ʒən/ [US] Forms: trojans [plural]
Etymology: From Trojan horse. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Trojan horse}} Trojan horse Head templates: {{en-noun}} trojan (plural trojans)
  1. (computing) Malware that appears to perform or actually performs a desired task for a user while performing a harmful task without the user's knowledge or consent. Categories (topical): Computing, Malware Hypernyms: malware Translations (malware): troijalainen (Finnish), cheval de Troie [masculine] (French), trojan [masculine] (French), Trojaner [masculine] (German), троя́н (troján) [masculine] (Russian), trojan [masculine] (Sicilian), trujanu [masculine] (Sicilian)
    Sense id: en-trojan-en-noun-T10yAFix Disambiguation of Malware: 4 71 25 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Verb

IPA: /ˈtɹəʊd͡ʒən/ [UK], /ˈtɹoʊd͡ʒən/ [US] Forms: trojans [present, singular, third-person], trojaning [participle, present], trojaned [participle, past], trojaned [past]
Etymology: From Trojan horse. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Trojan horse}} Trojan horse Head templates: {{en-verb}} trojan (third-person singular simple present trojans, present participle trojaning, simple past and past participle trojaned)
  1. (computing, transitive) To infect (a system) with a trojan. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-trojan-en-verb-4wABkSQJ Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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