inject
English
Etymology
From Latin iniectus, injectus, participle of iniciō, injiciō (“I throw in”), from in- + iaciō (“I throw”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈdʒɛkt/
- Rhymes: -ɛkt
Verb
inject (third-person singular simple present injects, present participle injecting, simple past and past participle injected)
- (transitive) To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage.
- The nurse injected a painkilling drug into the veins of my forearm.
- (transitive) To introduce (something) suddenly or violently.
- Punk injected a much-needed sense of urgency into the British music scene.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
- Caesar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the same scrupulous demurs.
- (transitive) To administer an injection to (someone or something), especially of medicine or drugs.
- Now lie back while we inject you with the anesthetic.
- to inject the blood vessels
- (intransitive) To take or be administered something by means of injection, especially medicine or drugs.
- It's been a week since I stopped injecting, and I'm still in withdrawal.
- (transitive, computing) To introduce (code) into an existing program or its memory space, often without tight integration and sometimes through a security vulnerability.
- 1996 November 11, David Taillé <taille@calva.net>, “Getting Process information”, in comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32, Usenet, message-ID <MPG.cf15f0a5cfb22c3989699@news.calvacom.fr>:
- Yes, you'll have to use CreateRemoteThread to "inject code" if you want information like the current directory of a process (at least on NT 3.5x).
- 1999 August 23, Osvaldo Pinali Doederlein <osvaldo@visionnaire.com.br>, “Java is Going to Be the Death of Java”, in comp.lang.java.advocacy, Usenet, message-ID <001b01beed13$76a66350$450510ac@mde.emn.fr>:
- As soon as a virus programmer discovers that some popular ActiveX thing has a bug that can be exploited, e.g. with controlled crashes to inject code, it's going to be a disaster.
- 2003, Ryan Russell, “The Thief No One Saw”, in Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box, →ISBN, page 146:
- A quick test to see if I can inject SQL data is to enter my username and password as
'a
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- 2007, Jeremiah Grossman and Robert Hansen, “XSS Theory”, in XSS Attacks: Cross-Site Scripting Exploits and Defense, →ISBN, page 86:
- DOM XSS is an unusual method for injecting JavaScript into a user's browser.
- 2010, Andrew Moore, “AJAX Explained: What It Does and Why You Should Consider Using It”, in Visual Studio 2010 All-in-One for Dummies, →ISBN, page 410:
- The AJAX controls inject the appropriate JavaScript code into the HTML output stream without you needing to code any JavaScript yourself.
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- (obsolete, transitive) To cast or throw; used with on.
- (Can we date this quote?) Alexander Pope
- And mound inject on mound.
- (Can we date this quote?) Alexander Pope
Related terms
- injectable
- injection
Translations
to push or pump something in
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to introduce something suddenly or violently
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to administer an injection to
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to take or be administered something by means of injection
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