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SNOOP [2 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

An overly inquisitive or prying person.

Key term(s)
  • nosey

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

[Personne] qui cherche à connaître ce qui ne le concerne pas.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
DEF

Website software that retrieves information, automatically and secretly, from customer's computer, during each visit.

CONT

Employees of big companies are particularly at risk from snooping bosses: visits to adult Websites leave a trail of "slug-slime" that can be detected on corporate firewalls.

Key term(s)
  • snooping software

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
OBS

Comparer à «traceur» en intelligence artificielle.

Key term(s)
  • programme fouinard
  • programme fureteur

Spanish

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