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to inject

to inject

30 7.6
Put harmful code or commands into a system to make it do bad things
  • verb
  • /ɪnˈdʒɛkt/
  • Specialized
: inyectar código
  • To exploit the vulnerability, the attacker was able to inject commands into the application during runtime.

And with Airpone, you're able to actually inject traffic back into the network.

Examples

  • One test, called spiral flow, injects a resin sample into a spiral mold to see how it will behave.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Figure 4. Increasing the gate voltage injects electrons, one by one, into a charged quantum dot.

    Academic text (2002)

  • What might you inject into the program?

  • And with Airpone, you're able to actually inject traffic back into the network.

    Harvard University

  • On the other hand, code can be injected in an executable using the following methods:

    Blog text (7)

  • More controversial is sequestering CO2 from coal plants; the idea is to inject CO2 emissions into stable underground formations.

    Academic text (2010)

  • The hacker attempted to inject malicious code into the website's database to steal user information.

  • Security experts warned that attackers could inject harmful scripts into any input field on the site.

Synonyms

to insert
vsto inject
208 3.5

To put something inside something else

is a targeted malicious placement into inputs to exploit a system vulnerability
to infect
vsto inject
  • Specialized
66 3.7

Put a virus or harmful program on a computer

focuses on embedding malicious commands into inputs to exploit a vulnerability

Antonyms

to sanitize
  • Specialized
2 4.7

Remove or hide personal data from files and inputs to protect privacy

How Harmful

compromise
  • Specialized
11 6.5
to inject
  • Specialized
30 7.6
exploit
  • Specialized
13 8.5
to insert
208 3.5
to probe
23 4.6

Surface Forms

inject infinitive
injected past
injected past participle
injecting present participle
injects third person singular

Morphology

inject = ject (semi-transparent) = in + ject

The computing sense 'insert/embed into' follows the idea of insertion signaled by 'in-' plus the combining form 'ject', but learners unfamiliar with 'ject' may not deduce the term reliably.

Etymology

Inject comes from Latin parts in- 'into' and ject 'to throw', the same idea behind eject. In computing, to inject code is like 'throwing' extra commands 'into' a program to change how it works.