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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

logic bomb

Small programs included within a larger system and designed to activate when a particular set of circumstances occur. For example, a programmer may include a logic bomb in the system they are developing to cause damage if their name is deleted from the company payroll. They are used for revenge attacks and for blackmail.

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