Definition of Honeypots

1. Noun. (plural of honeypot) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Honeypots

1. honeypot [n] - See also: honeypot

Lexicographical Neighbors of Honeypots

honeyless
honeylike
honeylocust
honeylocusts
honeymaking
honeymoon
honeymoon period
honeymooned
honeymooner
honeymooners
honeymooning
honeymoons
honeypie
honeypies
honeypots (current term)
honeys
honeystone
honeysuck
honeysucker
honeysuckers
honeysuckle
honeysuckle family
honeysuckled
honeysuckles
honeysucks
honeytrap
honeytraps
honeyware
honeywort

Literary usage of Honeypots

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Information Universe: Issues in Informing Science and Information by Informing Science Institute, Eli Cohen, Ed. (2006)
"Virtual honeypots can be deployed either by following the recommendation given; recommended honeypots to deploy or allowing the individual to choose what ..."

2. Making the Nation Safer: The Role of Science and Technology in Countering by National Research Council (2002)
"A third approach uses traps (sometimes referred to as "honeypots")—apparently interesting files crafted to attract the attention of an intruder so that he ..."

3. Kitchi-Gami: Wanderings Round Lake Superior by Johann Georg Kohl (1860)
"... various bottomless swamps and "honeypots," until we reached a thicket far from the road, where I found a cage prepared for dainty Bruin in the following ..."

4. New Zealand: Or; Zealandia, the Britain of the South by Charles Hursthouse (1857)
"... or the expulsion of the "Bear " from Japan's honeypots, this waste of (harbour) waters will be ornamental rather than useful to Nelson. ..."

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