shellcode (English, noun)
expansion: shellcode (countable and uncountable, plural shellcodes)
Senses:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A small piece of code, used as the payload of a virus or other malware, that launches a shell so that the attacker can control the compromised computer.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: shellcodes
tags: plural