Mobile code

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In computer science, mobile code is software obtained from remote systems, transferred across a network, and then downloaded and executed on a local system without explicit installation or execution by the recipient. Examples of mobile code include scripts (JavaScript, VBScript), Java applets, ActiveX controls, and macros embedded within Office documents.

Mobile code technology essentially encompasses three different paradigms:


Mobile code can be used to send malicious code by Internet.

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Mobile code applications are the latest online-security threat