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key logger

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Software or hardware designed to record keyboard entries, often for the purpose of stealing passwords or other sensitive data.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: keycatcher

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: näppäinnauhuri — software or hardware designed to record keystrokes
  • French: keylogger — software or hardware designed to record keystrokes
  • French: enregistreur de frappe — software or hardware designed to record keystrokes
  • French: espion de clavier — software or hardware designed to record keystrokes
  • French: capteur clavier — software or hardware designed to record keystrokes
  • Greek: καταγραφέας πληκτρολόγησης (katagraféas pliktrológisis) — software or hardware designed to record keystrokes
  • Hungarian: billentyűzetfigyelő — software or hardware designed to record keystrokes
  • Indonesian: perekam ketikan — software or hardware designed to record keystrokes
  • Polish: rejestrator klawiszy — software or hardware designed to record keystrokes
  • Portuguese: keylogger — software or hardware designed to record keystrokes
  • Russian: кейлоггер (kejlogger) — software or hardware designed to record keystrokes
  • Russian: клавиатурный шпион (klaviaturnyj špion) — software or hardware designed to record keystrokes