time bomb

Noun

figuratively

A bomb that has a mechanism such that detonation can be preset to a particular time. / (computing) A malicious program designed to perform a destructive action at a certain date and/or time.

Japanese Meaning

予め設定された時刻に起爆するように仕組まれた爆弾 / （計算機用語）特定の日付や時刻に破壊的な動作を実行するように設計された悪意あるプログラム

What is this buttons?

The detective discovered the abandoned suitcase was a time bomb set to detonate at midnight.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

刑事は放置されたスーツケースが真夜中に爆発するように仕掛けられた時限爆弾であることを発見した。

Details

Sense（1）

A bomb that has a mechanism such that detonation can be preset to a particular time.

Sense（2）

(computing) A malicious program designed to perform a destructive action at a certain date and/or time.

Donald Gene Burleson was prosecuted on felony charges for planting a time bomb that, shortly after he was fired, deleted more than 168,000 brokerage records of USPA & IRA in Fort Worth, Texas.

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