entries/worm.txt

worm

n. [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. Compare virus. Nowadays the term has negative connotations, as it
is assumed that only crackers write worms. Perhaps the best-known example
was Robert T. Morris's Great Worm of 1988, a benign one that got out of
control and hogged hundreds of Suns and VAXen across the U.S. See also
cracker , RTM , Trojan horse , ice.
Initial import of entries 2014-04-26 15:52:28 +01:00			`worm`

Limit line lengths 2014-04-26 16:54:15 +01:00			`n. [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. Compare virus. Nowadays the term has negative connotations, as it`
Tidy stray s 2014-07-26 08:53:53 +01:00			`is assumed that only crackers write worms. Perhaps the best-known example`
Limit line lengths 2014-04-26 16:54:15 +01:00			`was Robert T. Morris's Great Worm of 1988, a benign one that got out of`
			`control and hogged hundreds of Suns and VAXen across the U.S. See also`
			`cracker , RTM , Trojan horse , ice.`