spyware

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spyware

noun

  1. Internet, uncountable Programs that surreptitiously monitor and report the actions of a computer user. In the end of the 90s we call^([sic]) this software spyware, there was a term for it, and now we don't use this term anymore because most of the software that we use is spyware […]

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noun program

Españolsoftware espía, programa espía
한국어스파이웨어 seupaiweeo
日本語スパイウェア supaiwea
中文間諜軟件 /间谍软件 jiàndié ruǎnjiàn, 間諜軟體 /间谍软体 jiàndié ruǎntǐ
Portuguêsspyware
Françaislogiciel espion, espiogiciel
DeutschSpyware, Spionagesoftware
Italianospyware
Românăprogram spion
Русскийшпио́нское ПО špiónskoje PO, шпио́нское програ́ммное обеспече́ние špiónskoje prográmmnoje obespečénije
Tiếng Việtphần mềm gián điệp
العربيةبَرَامِج تَجَسُّس barāmij tajassus
עבריתרוגלה

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@misc{spyware_2026,
  title = {spyware},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spyware},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}