单词 | downloader |
释义 | downloadern. 1. A person who downloads something, esp. cargo. rare. ΚΠ 1971 Air Force Mag. Mar. 53/2 We taxi in and shut down... John tells the film downloaders to be careful with our 1R film [sc. from a reconnaissance mission]. 2. A program used to download a program, file, etc.In later use such programs are often installed surreptitiously on a user's computer and used in the delivery of computer viruses and other malware. ΚΠ 1977 Electro Conf. Rec. xxxviii. ii. 1/2 The major components of this Integrated Microprocessor Development Facility (IDF) include microprocessor compilers, assemblers, and downloaders for the production of software. 1989 PC Mag. 13 June 273 (advt.) Font utilities run the gamut from elaborate font-modification programs through skilled font installers to humble downloaders. 2008 Computer Weekly 25 Nov. 23/3 A small downloader will be installed on a computer and will assess the system's protection mechanisms before downloading the main payload. 3. A person who downloads programs, files, etc., over the internet. ΚΠ 1987 Tar Format? in comp.sys.ibm.pc (Usenet newsgroup) 22 Dec. Not all of the readers and downloaders of comp.binaries.ibm.pc are unix gurus. 1995 Edupage (online newsletter) 24 May The fear is that a malevolent hacker could tamper with a Web database, replace an applet with a virus, and infect the downloader's computer. 2013 Guardian (Nexis) 22 May 29 It is the nerd in the attic, the downloader, the whistleblower who is hacking into tax haven records. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1971 |
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