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Record 1 2006-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
CONT

Trojan Horses... If somebody notices this interesting file "SEX. BAT" on a floppy disk, and simply types "SEX" to see what the command does, all the files in the root directory of his drive C: (usually the hard disk) will be deleted.

OBS

directory: A file containing information concerning the other files on a mass-storage device, such as a diskette; also termed a catalog.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
DEF

Directorio de nivel superior en un disco, creado por el DOS al formatearse el disco.

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