Rogue Software, Two Meanings
An old definition for rogue software is programs that operate outside normal or desirable controls, applications that have taken on anomalous or unpredictable behavior (analogous to a rogue elephant or tornado). This term can describe software that started out acting as expected, but later seemed to go nuts, sometimes due to stress conditions or bugs [...]
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