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Heartbleed

The English word “Heartbleed” has 1 meaning listed here.

proper noun

  1. A security bug in OpenSSL, where more data can be read than should be allowed, which was disclosed and fixed in April 2014.

Etymology

Blend of heartbeat (“periodic signal generated to indicate normal operation of hardware or software”) + bleed.

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