Used in a Sentence

trojan

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for trojan.

Editorial note

If such a trojan is not specifically configured to grab Steam data, hashing/encrypting client-side will provide some protection.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A student (especially an athlete) of the University of Southern California.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of trojan gathered in one view.

noun

A student (especially an athlete) of the University of Southern California.

noun

A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Troy.

adjective

Of, or relating to, the famed city of Troy or its inhabitants.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for trojan.

noun

A student (especially an athlete) of the University of Southern California.

noun

A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Troy.

adjective

Of, or relating to, the famed city of Troy or its inhabitants.

adjective

Involving great strength or endurance.

Example sentences

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If such a trojan is not specifically configured to grab Steam data, hashing/encrypting client-side will provide some protection.

2

We're building a legitimate service to help people validate their ideas, not build a trojan horse to piss off users.

3

They're now treating Windows 10 as their trojan horse to overwhelm you with their services.

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The Euro has always been a Trojan horse for European integration.

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So why should ordinary people be concerned that someone might install a trojan in their infotainment system which is going to shut off their brakes on the highway?

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Is this amateurs' hour in the trojan department?

7

Making Fbs(Facebook/Flipboard) the content platform just to reduce cruft and responsiveness appears to be a trojan horse and appears to have similar issues as discussed in the Fb Fraud thread [0].

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[0] Wheely appears to be a trojan brand for expanding other products as well as coffee at the expense of existing franchises in fixed locations.

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Or just load a trojan onto people's smartphones when they dock it into the onboard charger that gives them root access to the thing they use to check their bank statements, or who knows what?

10

When google announced Uber integration in their maps, I called it a trojan horse [1] Basically making maps the interface for ride sharing and then adding their own service on top.

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I'd go even further and say that most things related to 'terrorism' or 'protect the children' are Trojan horses to train society to be accepting of the restriction of rights 'with cause', with the 'with cause' slowly expanding over time.

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It doesn't have to be possible to install a trojan that shuts off a car's brakes on the highway - that possibility is the result of engineering choices and compromises which could have, and still could, be avoided.

Quote examples

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It would be easy to add a "Download Preview Build" link pointing to a trojan, add links to a fake kickstarter, etc.

2

It's important not to ignore the context of this "discovery": to become a trojan on non-jailbroken iPhones, an app must get into and remain in the Apple Store.

3

A function taking Integers to Integers in a pure language cannot do I/O, and thus is "safe" to run, in the sense that I can be guaranteed it does not contain a trojan making my computer into a peer on a botnet.

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The very short summary is "bundling" is a kind of inside out Trojan Horse, the example Moxie used was "Google Analytics" which has some functionality that is undesirable to some users, enough so that it was blocked by some privacy extensions.

Proper noun examples

1

Ok, so: The RCS software from Hacking Team is basically a Remote Access Trojan, right?

2

Euripedi's 'Trojan Women' play, was essentially a commentary on the capture of the Aegean island of Melos and the subsequent slaughter and subjugation of its populace by the Athenians earlier that year!

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use trojan in a sentence?

If such a trojan is not specifically configured to grab Steam data, hashing/encrypting client-side will provide some protection.

What does trojan mean?

A student (especially an athlete) of the University of Southern California.

What part of speech is trojan?

trojan is commonly used as noun, adjective.