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spyware en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English spy Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Germanic *samþuz /*samftuz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English softwarebf. English -ware English spyware From spy + -ware.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, uncountable) Programs that surreptitiously monitor and report the actions of a computer user.
    • 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 […] 2017 December, 5:24 from the start, in Interview with hacktivist Jaromil, ArtEZ studium generale:

Relateds

donationware · bloatware · demoware · trialware · adware · malware · shareware · antispyware · freeware · abandonware · crippleware · baitware · postcardware · software

Translations (62)

ka ჯაშუშური პროგრამა (program) · it spyware (program) · ms perisian perisik (program) · ru шпио́нское програ́ммное обеспече́ние (program) · hu kémszoftver (program) · sk špionážny softvér (program) · nn spionprogramvare (program) · he רוגלה (program) · da spionprogram (program) · sh шпѝјӯнски со̏фтве̄р (program) · pl oprogramowanie szpiegowskie (program) · de Spionagesoftware (program) · ro program spion (program) · ru шпио́нское ПО (program) · az casus proqram (program) · es software espía (program) · pt spyware (program) · hu kémprogram (program) · ka ჯაშუში პროგრამა (program) · mk шпионски софтвер (program) · fr espiogiciel (program) · fa نرم افزارهای جاسوسی (program) · vi phần mềm gián điệp (program) · lv spiegprogrammatūra (program) · sv spionprogram (program) · fr logiciel espion (program) · ko 스파이웨어 (program) · es programa espía (program) · ja スパイウェア (program) · de Spyware (program) · be шпіёнскае праграмнае забеспячэнне (program) · cs spyware (program) · sk spyware (program) · sh špìjūnski sȍftvēr (program) · th ซอฟต์แวร์สอดแนม (program) · cy ysbïwedd (program) · sh спајвер (program) · cs špehovací software (program) · cmn 間諜軟件 /间谍软件 (program) · ca programari espia (program) · id perangkat pengintai (program) · pl oprogramowanie szpiegujące (program) · cmn 間諜軟體 /间谍软体 (program) · nn spionprogram (program) · sl vohunsko programje (program) · sh spajver (program) · et nuhkvara (program) · nl spyware (program) · sk spajvér (program) · sl vohunska programska oprema (program) · ms perisian intip (program) · nb spyware (program) · sk špehovací softvér (program) · id peranti intai (program) · fi vakoiluohjelma (program) · nb spionprogram (program) · tk içaly programma üpjünçiligi (program) · nb spionprogramvare (program) · ar بَرَامِج تَجَسُّس (program) · ms perisian pengintip (program) · tr casus yazılım (program) · hy լրտեսածրագիր (program)