spyware

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

Programs that surreptitiously monitor and report the actions of a computer user.

Internet, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolprograma espía software espía

Françaisespiogiciel logiciel espion spyware

DeutschSpionagesoftware Spyware

22 more languages

العربيةبَرَامِج تَجَسُّس

Беларускаяшпіёнскае праграмнае забеспячэнне

Bosanskispajver špijunski softver спајвершпијунски софтвер

Češtinašpehovací software spyware

Cymraegysbïwedd

Suomivakoiluohjelma

Hrvatskispajver špijunski softver спајвершпијунски софтвер

Magyarkémprogram kémszoftver

Bahasa Indonesiaperangkat pengintai peranti intai

Italianospyware

日本語スパイウェア

한국어스파이웨어

Македонскишпионски софтвер

Bahasa Melayuperisian intip perisian pengintip perisian perisik

Nederlandsspyware

Polskiszpiegowski

Portuguêsspyware

Русскийшпионское ПО шпио́нское програ́ммное обеспече́ние

Slovenčinaspajvér spyware

Српскиspajver špijunski softver спајвершпијунски софтвер

Svenskaspionprogram

Türkçecasus yazılım

Examples

“In the end ⟳ of the 90s we call ⟳^([sic]) this software spyware, there was a term for it, and now we don't use ⟳ this term anymore because most of the software that we use ⟳ is spyware […]”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

spywork sq sq ft sq in sq yd sq. ft.

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