trojan
IPA: trˈoʊdʒʌn
noun
- (computing) Malware that appears to perform or actually performs a desired task for a user while performing a harmful task without the user's knowledge or consent.
- A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Troy.
- A student (especially an athlete) of the University of Southern California.
- (astrophysics) A Trojan asteroid.
- (astrophysics) An object residing at a Trojan point.
- (computing) A Trojan horse.
- (in similes) One who shows great pluck, endurance, strength, etc.
verb
- (computing, transitive) To infect (a system) with a trojan.
adjective
- (astronomy) Describing a satellite (moon or minor planet) that shares an orbit with another
- Of, or relating to, the famed city of Troy or its inhabitants.
- Involving great strength or endurance.
- (astrophysics) Of, or relating to, a Trojan point.
- (programming) Of, or relating to, a certain type of malware.
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Examples of "trojan" in Sentences
- One of the many harmful trojans is the zlob trojan.
- This is the technique of the Trojan horse or trojan.
- The mourning of the Trojans at Troilus' death is great.
- The Greek and the Trojans make a truce to bury the dead.
- Helenus was a Trojan soldier and prophet in the Trojan ar.
- Hektor and the Trojan Horse leave the city to endure the siege.
- The deficit only seemed to wake the Trojans from their slumber.
- He was the leader of the Locrian contingent during the Trojan War.
- The school mascot is the Sentinel, which resembles the Trojan mascot of USC.
- In this context combinational Trojans and sequential Trojans are distinguished.