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  What it means

  Literally “Trojan horse.” A deceptive strategy where something harmful is concealed inside something seemingly beneficial — used both in the classical sense and in computing (malware).

  Vocabulary

  • koń — horse
  • trojański — Trojan (adjective)

  Grammar note

  Nominative masculine noun phrase. Capitalised when referring to the mythological horse; lowercase in computing contexts.

  Cultural context

  The Trojan Horse story is well known in Polish culture through classical education. The computing sense ('trojan') is equally familiar to younger Poles.

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