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logic bomb  
n.  A computer virus that remains hidden until it is triggered when certain specific conditions are met.
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logic bomb programming, security
Code surreptitiously inserted into an application or operating system that causes it to perform some destructive or security-compromising activity whenever specified conditions are met.
Compare back door.
[The Jargon File]
(1996-07-02)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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