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rootkit

The English word “rootkit” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A set of software tools used by a third party to gain unauthorized access to a computer system and control the system while concealing itself from the user.

verb

  1. To infect (a computer system) with a rootkit.

Etymology

From root + kit.

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