Trojan horse (TRO-juhn hors) noun

   1. A subversive group or device placed within enemy ranks.

   2. The hollow wooden horse in which, according to legend, Greeks hid
      and gained entrance to Troy, later opening the gates to their army.

   3. A set of instructions hidden inside a legitimate program, causing
      a computer to perform illegitimate functions.

[From Troy, a ancient city of northwest Asia Minor near the Dardanelles.]

   "Some upholders of academic tradition argue that the universities
   have been too ready to allow a Trojan horse inside the walls of
   learning."
   Science has enriched the university, The Economist, 4 Oct 1997.

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