goat file

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Etymology[edit]

Named thus because the file acts as a "sacrificial goat".

Noun[edit]

goat file (plural goat files)

  1. (computing) An executable file with a known structure and/or file size, designed to be infected by a file-infecting computer virus in order to facilitate the study of such.