ransomware
English
noun
Definitions
- (computing) Malware that holds the data of a computer user for ransom, usually requiring or claiming to require payment to restore access.
- (computing) Software that is released as open source only in exchange for payment.
Etymology
Affix from English ransom.
Origin
English
ransom
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ransom English
- ransomable English
- ransomer English
- ransometh English
- ransomless English
- Ransomware German
- ransomware Dutch, Flemish
- ransoun Middle English
- ransomware Czech
- rensomver Serbo-Croatian
- ренсомвер Serbo-Croatian
- рансъмуер Bulgarian
- 標參 Chinese
- ренсомвер Macedonian
- ransomvér Slovak
- 랜섬웨어 Korean