Definitions by Larstait

Trojan Horse 

A virus-like program that pretends to be something else in order to get into the system.

From _The Iliad_, by famous dead poet Homer, when the Ithacans gained victory by hiding in a huge wood horse so they could get into Troy.

The Trojans were not in the gifted program at warfare school.

Trojan Horse by Larstait November 6, 2003

wrap 

The practice of using a computer for longer than an eight hour period. The original meaning of thi was to "wrap" from daytime to nighttime and then back to daytime while programming a computer, but this sort of activity is becoming more and mroe rare.

wrap by Larstait November 6, 2003

Three-letter Agencies 

The federal agencies comprised of three letters.

Usually refers to the ATF (bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms), CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), DOE (Department of Energy), FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigations), IRS (Internal Revenue Service) and NSA (National Security Agency)

Three-letter Agencies by Larstait November 6, 2003

sysop 

System Operator - Someone who runs and administers a computer system.

Usually a BBS

sysop by Larstait November 6, 2003

spider 

Not very widely used at all term for an quasilegal hacker; I rather ike it myself.

Coined by ANDREW BURT

spider by Larstait November 6, 2003

slap 

The act of loading a program off of a disk device and into memory very quickly.

He slapped the program once he received it.

slap by Larstait November 6, 2003

Logic Bomb 

A program that performs a certain action when certain conditions are met, such as deleting all files on Christmas eve, although it is not necessarily malevolent. Though it is not technically a virus, it is often grouped that way.

There was some speculation that the turn of the millenium will set off tons of logic bombs that lie dormant in computers.

Logic Bomb by Larstait November 6, 2003