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timestomp

timestomp verb: to modify a timestamp (for example, the time when a file was accessed) so as to obfuscate the details of one's activity on a system.

Verb

timestomp (third-person singular simple present timestomps, present participle timestomping, simple past and past participle timestomped)

  1. (slang) To modify a timestamp (for example, the time when a file was accessed) so as to obfuscate the details of one's activity on a system.

Forms of timestomp

third-person singular presenttimestomps
present participletimestomping
past participletimestomped
pasttimestomped

Origin of timestomp

Blend of timestamp + stomp.

Questions about timestomp

What does timestomp mean?
Timestomp means to modify a timestamp (for example, the time when a file was accessed) so as to obfuscate the details of one's activity on a system.
What part of speech is timestomp?
Timestomp is a verb.
What is the past tense of timestomp?
The past tense of timestomp is timestomped.

Words near timestomp in the dictionary

  1. timestampings
  2. timestamps
  3. timestep
  4. timestepping
  5. timesteps
  6. timestomp
  7. timestomped
  8. timestomping
  9. timestomps
  10. timestream
  11. timestreams

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