English Explanatory Dictionary

killer poke

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any method of inducing physical harm to a computer or peripheral by software means, especially by inserting invalid values into a control register or by building up harmonic oscillations in a hard disk, etc.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɪlə(ɹ)pəʊk/ /ˈkɪlɚ poʊk/ en-au-killer poke.ogg

Word forms

killer poke killer pokes

Etymology

killer + poke (“the storage of a value in a memory address, typically to modify the behaviour of a computer program”).

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