drive-by download
nounEtymology
From the notion of a drive by shooting.
Definitions
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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