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logic bomb

A program routine that destroys data when certain conditions are met; for example, it may reformat the hard disk or insert random bits into data files on a certain date or if a particular employee record is missing from the employee database. Many viruses are logic bombs because they deliver their payload after a specific latency or when a trigger event occurs. See virus, latency and payload.

logic bomb [′läj·ik ‚bäm]

(computer science)

A computer program that destroys data, generally immediately after it has been loaded.

(programming, security)

logic bomb - Code surreptitiously inserted into an application or operating system that causes it to perform some destructive or security-compromising activity whenever specified conditions are met.

Compare back door.

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logic bomb (redirected from Logical bomb)

logic bomb
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