Hijacking
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Hijacking means to take over by force. It may also refer to:
- In property
- Aircraft hijacking or 'skyjacking'
- Carjacking
- Credit card hijacking
- Phone hijacking
- In internet technology
- Other
- In information technology, the term "hijacking" is used when spyware or a virus alters a computer program so that whenever that program is being used, it performs tasks set by the creator of the virus or spyware in addition to its normal duties.]
- In partner dances, hijacking is a temporary inversion of the leader-follower connection initiated by the follower
- In music, Hijack were a British hiphop group of the early 1990s
- "Hi-jacked" (Joe 90 episode), the fourth episode of Joe 90
- Hijacker (comics), a Marvel Comics character
- Hijacking (on Wiktionary), the forcible robbery from, or seizure of, a vehicle in transit.
- Piracy is sometimes termed 'hijacking'
- HijackThis, abbreviated HJT, a popular freeware spyware removal tool for Microsoft Windows
- Hijaak is or was a screen capture package for PC-type computers.
- Hy-Jak is or was a trade name for a type of stacking stillage storage system.
- Hy-Jak, a brand of device used to move cars in repair garages: "high" + "jack (mechanical)"
- Lojack, a device to assist in the recovery of stolen cars.