worm
<networking, security >
(From "Tapeworm" in John Brunner's novel "The Shockwave Rider", via XEROX PARC) A program that propagates itself over a network, reproducing itself as it goes, usually with malicious intent. Perhaps the best-known example was the Great Worm. Compare virus, Trojan horse. [Jargon File]
Last updated: 1996年09月17日
Nearby terms:
World Wide Web Worm ♦ WORM ♦ worm ♦ wormhole ♦ wormhole routing ♦ WOSA
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