English Explanatory Dictionary

goat file

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An executable file with a known structure and/or file size, designed to be infected by a file-infecting computer virus in order to facilitate the study of such.

Word forms

goat file goat files

Etymology

Named thus because the file acts as a "sacrificial goat".

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