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Wrapper vs Trojan - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between wrapper and trojan

is that wrapper is something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection: a wrapping while trojan is .

wrapper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection: a wrapping.
  • An outer garment; a loose robe or dressing gown.
  • *1839 , (Edgar Allan Poe), ‘William Wilson’:
  • *:‘Please to examine, at your leisure, the inner linings of the cuff of his left sleeve, and the several little packages which may be found in the somewhat capacious pockets of his embroidered morning wrapper .’
  • One who, or that which, wraps.
    • He proved to be a remarkably efficient wrapper of parcels.
  • (computing) A construct, such as a class or module, that serves to mediate access to another.
    • We need a Perl wrapper for this C++ library.

    Synonyms

    * (construct that mediates access) * wrapper class

    Usage notes

    * In the computing sense, is often used attributively: one can speak of a “wrapper class”, a “wrapper object”, a “wrapper function”, and so on. More broadly, one can speak of the “wrapper pattern”, which is a general term for the creation and use of such wrappers.

    trojan

    English

    (wikipedia trojan)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) Malware that appears to perform or actually performs a desired task for a user while performing a harmful task without the user's knowledge or consent.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (astronomy) Describing a satellite (moon or minor planet) that shares an orbit with another

    • See also

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