LOGIC BOMB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does logic bomb mean? 

• LOGIC BOMB (noun)
  The noun LOGIC BOMB has 1 sense:

1. a set of instructions inserted into a program that are designed to execute (or 'explode') if a particular condition is satisfied; when exploded it may delete or corrupt data, or print a spurious message, or have other harmful effects

  Familiarity information: LOGIC BOMB used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOGIC BOMB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A set of instructions inserted into a program that are designed to execute (or 'explode') if a particular condition is satisfied; when exploded it may delete or corrupt data, or print a spurious message, or have other harmful effects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

logic bomb; slag code

Context example:

a disgruntled employee planted a logic bomb

Hypernyms ("logic bomb" is a kind of...):

malevolent program (a computer program designed to have undesirable or harmful effects)