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🦠 To live on host 🤑 To exploit 🔌 To draw power
to parasitize

to parasitize

8.8
To draw power or signals from a nearby device and cause problems
  • verb
  • /ˈpærəˌsaɪtaɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : parasitizar
  • The new software can parasitize resources from the main server, resulting in slower performance for all connected devices.

Examples

  • When the device is allowed to parasitize the network, it creates significant disruptions in data transmission.

  • Developers are cautious about making their applications that can parasitize other systems, as it can lead to security vulnerabilities.

  • Hence, the finding that the amount of antibody per unit area of membrane bound by parasitized a and b thalassemic red cells was greater in individuals from endemic areas than in controls brought some relief.

    Academic text (1996)

How Interfering

to parasitize
  • Specialized
8.8
to power
455 3.7

Surface Forms

parasitize infinitive
parasitized past
parasitized past participle
parasitizing present participle
parasitizes third person singular

Morphology

parasitize = parasite (semi-transparent) = parasite + ize

The technical usage (electrical/technical parasitism) is derived from the biological metaphor but is domain-specific and may not be obvious to general learners.

Etymology

Parasitize comes from Greek parts para- ('beside') and sitos ('food'), originally for someone who ate at another's table. So in technology, to parasitize means to draw power or signals from a nearby device, like 'feeding' on it and causing problems.