different between troy vs trojan

English

Etymology

From Middle English troye, from Anglo-Norman. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, probably first used at a fair in Troyes, France.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???/
• Rhymes: -??

Adjective

troy (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to, troy weight.

Anagrams

• Tory, ryot, tory, tyro

Old French

Alternative forms

• treis, trois

Etymology

From Latin tr?s, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

troy

1. three

Descendants

• Middle French: troys
  • French: trois
• Walloon: troes

Spanish

Etymology

Originally in the compound onza troy (“troy ounce”); a loan translation of English troy ounce, perhaps after the French city of Troyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?oi/, [?t??oi?]
• Rhymes: -oi

Adjective

troy (invariable)

1. troy

Derived terms

• onza troy

References

• “troy” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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 form removed by a 2016 spelling decision; superseded by trojanar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