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LEGITIMATE BELIEF [6 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Defence Planning and Military Doctrine
DEF

A rule according to which a target must not be attacked unless there is a reasonable belief that it is a legitimate target.

OBS

doubt rule; DR: designations and definition officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel and the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Doctrine militaire et planification de défense
DEF

Règle selon laquelle on ne peut attaquer une cible sauf s'il y a un motif raisonnable de croire qu'il s'agit d'une cible légitime.

OBS

règle du doute; RD : désignations et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées et le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la défense.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

Trojan horses are often used as a means of infecting an unsuspecting user with a virus. If a legitimate program becomes infected with a virus, it becomes a Trojan horse and if a user executes it in the belief that he is executing a bonafide copy, his computer will become infected.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

Les Chevaux de Troie servent souvent à infecter un utilisateur peu méfiant. Si un programme normal est contaminé par un virus, il devient lui-même un Cheval de Troie et si un utilisateur l'exécute en pensant exécuter une copie correcte, son ordinateur sera infecté.

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
OBS

Trojan horses are often used as a means of infecting an unsuspecting user with a virus. If a legitimate program becomes infected with a virus, it becomes a Trojan horse and if a user executes it in the belief that he is executing a bonafide copy, his computer will become infected.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

Les Chevaux de Troie servent souvent à infecter un utilisateur peu méfiant. Si un programme normal est contaminé par un virus, il devient lui-même un Cheval de Troie et si un utilisateur l'exécute en pensant exécuter une copie correcte, son ordinateur sera infecté.

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

Trojan horses are often used as a means of infecting an unsuspecting user with a virus. If a legitimate program becomes infected with a virus, it becomes a Trojan horse and if a user executes it in the belief that he is executing a bonafide copy, his computer will become infected.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

Les Chevaux de Troie servent souvent à infecter un utilisateur peu méfiant. Si un programme normal est contaminé par un virus, il devient lui-même un Cheval de Troie et si un utilisateur l'exécute en pensant exécuter une copie correcte, son ordinateur sera infecté.

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
OBS

Trojan horses are often used as a means of infecting an unsuspecting user with a virus. If a legitimate program becomes infected with a virus, it becomes a Trojan horse and if a user executes it in the belief that he is executing a bonafide copy, his computer will become infected.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

Les Chevaux de Troie servent souvent à infecter un utilisateur peu méfiant. Si un programme normal est contaminé par un virus, il devient lui-même un Cheval de Troie et si un utilisateur l'exécute en pensant exécuter une copie correcte, son ordinateur sera infecté.

Spanish

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