Usually means: Malicious software demanding payment, encryption.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word ransomware:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. ransomware: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. ransomware: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ransomware: The Word Spy
  4. Ransomware, ransomware: Wordnik
  5. ransomware: Wiktionary
  6. ransomware: Dictionary.com
  7. Ransomware (malware), Ransomware: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ransomware: Netlingo
  2. Ransomware (disambiguation), Ransomware (malware), ransomware: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ransomware: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (ransomware)

noun:  (computer security) Malware that holds the data of a computer user for ransom, usually requiring or claiming to require payment to restore access.
noun:  (computer security, derogatory) Software that is released as open source only in exchange for payment.

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