meaning of logic bomb

1. logic bomb 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. [Jargon File]
2. a delayed action computer virus; a set of instructions surreptitously inserted into a program that are designed to execute or `explode if a particular condition is satisfied; when exploded it may delete or corrupt data, or print a spurious message, or have other harmful effects; "a disgruntled employee planted a logic ">bomb"

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