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fuzzing - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
noun milking and mowing.
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verb fuzz .noun computing Fuzz testing .
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And he was so uncomfortable even with the idea of fuzzing his face that he cut out a cereal box to cover his face because it's so, so deeply sensitive.
CNN Transcript Nov 10, 2007 2007
The kits were susceptible to "fuzzing "-attacks by transmissions of malformed data that can crash devices or expose holes in the security of their implentation of the Logical Link Control and Adaption Protocol L2CAP.
Ars Technica Sean Gallagher 2011
In instant messenger and e-mail conversations, Wu explains how he uses a method known as "fuzzing " to harvest those bugs.
What This Hacker Could Teach Apple 2010
In instant messenger and e-mail conversations, Wu explains how he uses a method known as "fuzzing " to harvest those bugs.
What This Chinese Hacker Could Teach Apple 2010
In instant messenger and e-mail conversations, Wu explains how he uses a method known as "fuzzing " to harvest those bugs.
What This Chinese Hacker Could Teach Apple 2010
In instant messenger and e-mail conversations, Wu explains how he uses a method known as "fuzzing " to harvest those bugs.
What This Chinese Hacker Could Teach Apple 2010
ABC's Jake Tapper: Romney "fuzzing " description of Mormon religion by on
06/24/2007 2007
ABC's Jake Tapper explained on THIS WEEK today that GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is "fuzzing " his description of his Mormon faith in order to make it sound more mainstream to American voters.
06/24/2007 2007
ABC's Jake Tapper: Romney "fuzzing " description of...
06/24/2007 2007
Office developers found the bugs by running millions of "fuzzing " tests, said Tom Gallagher, senior security test lead with Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing group.
Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now 2010
Contrast this strategy with another method of software analysis known as fuzzing , in which you feed random permutations of data into a program to crash it, after which you can determine the vulnerabilities that were at fault and how they might be exploited in a more deliberate attack.
Mayhem, the Machine That Finds Software Vulnerabilities, Then Patches Them David Brumley 2021
cricket commented on the word fuzzing
This isn't quite made-up, but it has a new meaning now. Fuzzing is when there's a clear sky and mysterious white fuzz keeps floating down from it.
March 2, 2008