spyware
Programs that surreptitiously monitor and report the actions of a computer userPrograms that surreptitiously monitor and report the actions of a computer user.
» Spyware can't distinguish between threatening letters and love letters.
Schnüffel-Software kann nicht zwischen Drohbriefen und Liebesbriefen unterscheiden.
Meaning
1 senses(Internet, uncountable)Programs that surreptitiously monitor and report the actions of a computer user.
Spyware, Spionagesoftware
шпио́нское ПОšpiónskoje PO, шпио́нское програ́ммное обеспече́ниеšpiónskoje prográmmnoje obespečénije
computer software that obtains information from a user's computer without the user's knowledge or consent
Examples
2 sentencesSpyware can't distinguish between threatening letters and love letters.
deSchnüffel-Software kann nicht zwischen Drohbriefen und Liebesbriefen unterscheiden.
Sami installed spyware on Layla's computer.
Translations
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Word family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable