Polymorphism
nounid
3622·updated May 9, 2026verified
Polymorphism is the process by which malicious software changes its underlying code to avoid detection.
polysemous
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Entity Type
Threat85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- pleomorphism
- plural
- Polymorphisms
- possessive
- Polymorphism's
- pluralpossessive
- Polymorphisms'
Framework definitions
- §1
- Polymorphism is the process by which malicious software changes its underlying code to avoid detection.
- §1
- (biology) the existence of two or more forms of individuals within the same animal species (independent of sex differences)
- §2
- (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound
- §3
- (genetics) the genetic variation within a population that natural selection can operate on
- §1 · legacy_primary
- Polymorphism is the process by which malicious software changes its underlying code to avoid detection.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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