drive-by download

noun

Etymology

From the notion of a drive by shooting.

Definitions

  1. A download triggered by scripts etc. on a website, without prompting the user, usually…

    A download triggered by scripts etc. on a website, without prompting the user, usually for malicious purposes.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for drive-by download. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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