Source : WordNet®
logic bomb
n : a delayed action computer virus; a set of instructions
surreptitously 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; "a disgruntled employee planted a logic bomb"
[syn: {slag code}]
Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
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}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1996-07-02)