A time bomb is a piece of code designed to stop working on a particular date. See also [trialware].
A time bomb is a piece of code designed to stop working on a particular date. A common use is in beta software that stops working at the time the final version is scheduled to be released.
A time bomb is similar to, but not the same as, trialware.
malware that activates at a certain time is called a "logic bomb."