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drive-by downloads

drive-by downloads is the plural of drive-by download.

Meaning of drive-by download

Noun

drive-by download (plural drive-by downloads)

  1. (Internet, computer security) A download triggered by scripts, etc., on a website, without prompting the user, usually for malicious purposes.

Questions about drive-by downloads

What is drive-by downloads the plural of?
Drive-by downloads is the plural of drive-by download.

Words near drive-by downloads in the dictionary

  1. drive up
  2. drive wheel
  3. drive wheels
  4. drive-by
  5. drive-by download
  6. drive-by downloads
  7. drive-by media
  8. drive-by-wire
  9. drive-bys
  10. drive-in
  11. drive-in cinema

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drive-by downloads (page history and authors); drive-by download (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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