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poisoning

poisoning

4 9.3
Deliberately adding false items to training data to make a model learn wrong things
  • noun
  • /ˈpɔɪzənɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : envenenamiento de datos
  • This does result in a distributed cache poisoning attack that must be addressed in the CCN node's cache replacement policy.

Examples

  • And furthermore, it's not that uncommon for popular websites to become targets of poisoning attempts by hackers.

  • The DNS poisoning that was imposed on most Google websites yesterday appears to have been lifted.

    Blog text (2)
  • A higher operating temperature would expand the range of suitable catalysts and reduce their susceptibility to poisoning.

    Academic text (2004)
  • There is one approach to DNS cache poisoning that can control the attack surface and is particularly effective when executed from within the enterprise.

    Blog text (11)
  • Apart from many operational difficulties, tar in the product gas has been the major challenge of biomass gasification, which leads to clogging of pipes and catalyst poisoning.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Hackers often attempt data poisoning to manipulate the behavior of machine learning models.

  • Data poisoning can significantly degrade the performance of an artificial intelligence system.

  • The cybersecurity team implemented measures to prevent poisoning of the training data for their algorithms.

Synonyms

contamination
vspoisoning
  • Specialized
3 6.5

Wrong or repeated data added to a dataset that gives wrong results

is done deliberately to bias degrade or control model outputs

Antonyms

335 1.0

The act of removing dirt and dust from a place or object

purifying
  • Specialized
4.2

Removes harmful or unwanted substances to make something clean

Compounds

An illness from eating food with harmful germs

lead poisoning
  • Specialized
9 3.9

A condition that happens when too much lead gets into the body and makes you sick

8 3.7

An illness that happens when carbon monoxide gas reduces the oxygen your body gets

mercury poisoning
  • Specialized
4 4.1

A sickness caused by breathing or eating mercury that harms the body and brain

A serious illness when germs get into the blood and make you very ill

cyanide poisoning
  • Specialized
2 5.8

A serious life-threatening illness caused by breathing or swallowing cyanide, often from fire smoke and industrial chemicals

nicotine poisoning
  • Specialized
1 5.7

An illness after taking too much nicotine that causes vomiting and dizziness

pesticide poisoning
  • Specialized
1 4.9

Illness happens when you touch, breathe, or eat chemicals that kill pests

1 9.9

An old word for an illness from eating spoiled food

naphthalene poisoning
  • Specialized
1 8.6

Sickness from breathing in or swallowing mothballs that makes you feel unwell and gives a headache

alkali poisoning
  • Specialized
7.9

Illness from strong cleaners like lye that you swallow, breathe in, or touch

leather poisoning
  • Specialized
9.9

Illness caused by chemicals or dust from making leather that causes skin and breathing problems

malathion poisoning
  • Specialized
8.1

Sickness caused by breathing in or swallowing the insect spray malathion that causes nausea and weakness

mushroom poisoning
  • Specialized
4.0

A sickness caused by eating poisonous wild mushrooms

paraquat poisoning
  • Specialized
8.7

Serious injury from swallowing or touching paraquat that slowly damages the mouth, throat, liver, and kidneys

parathion poisoning
  • Specialized
8.6

A serious illness from breathing or swallowing the insect poison parathion that causes stomach pain, headache, seizures, and heavy sweating

salicylate poisoning
  • Specialized
6.9

An illness from taking too much aspirin or similar medicine

Surface Forms

poisoning singular
poisonings plural

Morphology

poisoning = poison (semi-transparent) = poison + ing

Formally 'poison' + '-ing' is regular, but the computing sense is a metaphorical extension ('contaminating data') that may not be obvious to non-technical learners.

Etymology

Poisoning comes from an old word for a 'drink' and is the same root as potion, but the computing use is a modern picture: attackers add bad data like someone adding poison to a drink. A helpful way to remember it is that data poisoning spoils or 'contaminates' the training material so the model behaves badly.