spyware
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spyware (uncountable)
- (Internet) Programs that surreptitiously monitor and report the actions of a computer user. [from 1990s]
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program
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Borrowed from English spyware.
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spyware m inan
- (computing) spyware (malicious program that monitors and reports activity)
- Synonyms: špionážní software; (rare) špehovací software
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- spyware on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia cs
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Unadapted borrowing from English spyware.
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spyware m (plural spywares)
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Borrowed from English spyware.
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spyware m inan
- (computing) spyware (malicious program that monitors and reports activity)
- Synonyms: špehovací softvér, špionážny softvér
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Unadapted borrowing from English spyware.
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spyware m (plural spywares)
- spyware
- Synonyms: software espía, programa espía
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According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.