What are "easter eggs"?

What are "easter eggs"?

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Easter eggs in relation to the computer security glossary are a convention that was created by software developers, initially, where they would embed or hide little moments within their product. An easter egg might just be a little artistic touch. It might be a little sign. It might be little shout-out to someone. It might be a little animation. It might be a little video. It might be a special credit. It might be a credit screen that appears differently if you do things in a certain combination. You'll find easter eggs on websites, software, DVDs and CD-ROMs. A lot of people really pride themselves on finding easter eggs and there is a list of famous easter eggs. You can Google easter eggs, in fact, in Google itself, there are easter eggs. You can put certain things in to get certain results, but they're typically humorous little surprises that you stumble across.