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121computer virus — virus (def. 4). [1985 90] * * * Computer program designed to copy itself into other programs, with the intention of causing mischief or damage. A virus will usually execute when it is loaded into a computer s memory. On execution, it instructs… …
122Cymbeline — /sim beuh leen /, n. a romantic drama (1610?) by Shakespeare. * * * ▪ work by Shakespeare comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare (Shakespeare, William), one of his later plays, written in 1608–10 and published in the First Folio of 1623 …
123exfiltrate — exfiltration, n. /eks fil trayt, eks fil trayt /, v., exfiltrated, exfiltrating. v.i. 1. to escape furtively from an area under enemy control. v.t. 2. to smuggle (military personnel) out of an area under enemy control. [1965 70; EX 1 +… …
124footsie — /foot see/, n. Informal. 1. Sometimes, footsies. the act of flirting or sharing a surreptitious intimacy. 2. play footsie or footsies with, a. to flirt with, esp. by clandestinely touching someone s foot or leg; be slyly or furtively intimate… …
125industrial espionage — the stealing of technological or commercial research data, blueprints, plans, etc., as by a person in the hire of a competing company. [1960 65] * * * Acquisition of trade secrets from business competitors. Industrial spying is a reaction to the… …
126keek — /keek/, v.i. Scot. and North Eng. to peep; look furtively. [1350 1400; ME kiken, c. or < MD, MLG kiken] * * * …
127lorgnette — /lawrn yet /, n. 1. a pair of eyeglasses mounted on a handle. 2. a pair of opera glasses mounted on a handle. [1795 1805; < F, deriv. of lorgner to eye furtively; see ETTE] * * * …
128novel — novel1 novellike, adj. /nov euhl/, n. 1. a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes. 2. (formerly) novella (def. 1). [1560 70; <… …
