23 definitions by BelgainDSoul

A piece of software to gain access to a computing system, while the owner isn't aware of it's existence.
Often introduced in a system hidden in an appealing looking free paquage or a free game.

In essence the same principle as the "Trojan horse" which Odysseus used to conquer Troy.

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders version 4.

A compendium containing Mental disorders.

In computing:
a series of computers connected together, in order to exchange data or information.

A bigger and public network is the internet

A disorder which affects the psyche of the mental state of a person.

Often a result of an instable environment, abuse, or heavy stress.

Defined in the DSM-IV

For about 90% of internet-users the matrix is defined in Winuser.h

For about 9% of the very same population, the matrix is reality.

For the rest of that population, the matrix is a two-dimensional array.

Outside that population it's a Scifi/fantasy movie.

A newbie on the internet, a wanna-be hacker or geek.

A person who writes simple scripts to perform hacks, cracks with little or no knowledge; uses downloads to gain 'status'.
In result causing damage out of lacking knowledge.

Plainly a wanna-be, might become someone with valid knowledge over time after self-study, which depends on the main intentions.

Software designed to detect and eliminate viruses on a computing system.

Maybe as well anti-biotics.