spyware

== English == === Etymology === From spy + -ware. === Pronunciation === === Noun === spyware (uncountable) (Internet) Programs that surreptitiously monitor and report the actions of a computer user. [from 1990s] ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === spyware on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === yawpers == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from English spyware. === Noun === spyware m inan (computing) spyware (malicious program that monitors and reports activity) Synonyms: špionážní software; (rare) špehovací software ==== Declension ==== == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English spyware. === Pronunciation === === Noun === spyware m (plural spywares) (computing) spyware (malicious program that monitors and reports activity) ==== Derived terms ==== antispyware == Slovak == === Alternative forms === spajvér === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English spyware. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /spajveːr/, [ˈspaɪ̯ʋeːr] Rhymes: -ajveːr Hyphenation: spy‧ware === Noun === spyware m inan (relational adjective spywarový) (computing) spyware (malicious program that monitors and reports activity) Synonyms: špehovací softvér, špionážny softvér ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “spyware”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English spyware. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspaiweɾ/ [ˈspai̯.weɾ], /esˈpaiweɾ/ [esˈpai̯.weɾ] Rhymes: -aiweɾ === Noun === spyware m (plural spywares) spyware Synonyms: software espía, programa espía ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.