• Inject

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ɪnˈdÊ’É›kt/
    • Rhymes: -É›kt

    Origin

    From the participle stem of Latin iniciō ("I throw in"), from in- + iaciō ("I throw").

    Full definition of inject

    Verb

    1. (transitive) To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage.The nurse injected a painkilling drug into the veins of my forearm.
    2. (transitive) To introduce (something) suddenly or violently.Punk injected a much-needed sense of urgency into the British music scene.
      • MiltonCaesar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the same scrupulous demurs.
    3. (transitive) To administer an injection to (someone or something), especially of medicine or drugs.Now lie back while we inject you with the anesthetic.to inject the blood vessels
    4. (intransitive) To take or be administered something by means of injection, especially medicine or drugs.It's been a week since I stopped injecting, and I'm still in withdrawal.
    5. (transitive, computing) To introduce (code) into an existing program or its memory space, often without tight integration and sometimes through a security vulnerability.
      • 1996, David Taillé, Getting Process informationYes, you'll have to use CreateRemoteThread to "inject code" if you want information like the current directory of a process (at least on NT 3.5x).
      • 1999, Osvaldo Pinali Doederlein, Java is Going to Be the Death of JavaAs soon as a virus programmer discovers that some popular ActiveX thing has a bug that can be exploited, e.g. with controlled crashes to inject code, it's going to be a disaster.
      • 2003, Ryan Russell, Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box Chapter The Thief No One Saw, A quick test to see if I can inject SQL data is to enter my username and password as 'a.
      • 2007, Jeremiah Grossman and Robert Hansen, XSS Attacks: Cross-Site Scripting Exploits and Defense Chapter XSS Theory, DOM XSS is an unusual method for injecting JavaScript into a user's browser.
      • 2010, Andrew Moore, Visual Studio 2010 All-in-One for Dummies Chapter AJAX Explained: What It Does and Why You Should Consider Using It, The AJAX controls inject the appropriate JavaScript code into the HTML output stream without you needing to code any JavaScript yourself.
    6. (obsolete, transitive) To cast or throw; used with on.
      • Alexander PopeAnd mound inject on mound.

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