different between backdoor vs trojan

English

Etymology

From the phrase back door.

Noun

backdoor (plural backdoors)

1. Alternative spelling of back door

Translations

Verb

backdoor (third-person singular simple present backdoors, present participle backdooring, simple past and past participle backdoored)

1. Alternative spelling of back door

Further reading

• backdoor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Trojan horse.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t???d??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?o?d??n/

Noun

trojan (plural trojans)

1. (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.

Translations

Hypernyms

• malware

Adjective

trojan (not comparable)

1. (astronomy) Describing a satellite (moon or minor planet) that shares an orbit with another

Translations

Verb

trojan (third-person singular simple present trojans, present participle trojaning, simple past and past participle trojaned)

1. (computing, transitive) To infect (a system) with a trojan.

Anagrams

• jötnar

French

Noun

trojan m (plural trojans)

1. (computing, Anglicism) trojan, Trojan horse (computing)

Related terms

• troyen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

trojan m (definite singular trojanen, indefinite plural trojanar, definite plural trojanane)

1. form removed by a 2016 spelling decision; superseded by trojanar

Portuguese

Noun

trojan m (plural trojans)

1. (computing) Trojan horse (malicious program disguised as legitimate software)

   Synonym: cavalo de Troia