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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>zombie</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../Z.html" title="Z"/><link rel="previous" href="zipperhead.html" title="zipperhead"/><link rel="next" href="zorch.html" title="zorch"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">zombie</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="zipperhead.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Z</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="zorch.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="zombie"/><dt xmlns="" id="zombie"><b>zombie</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. [Unix] A process that has died but has not yet relinquished its
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process table slot (because the parent process hasn't executed a
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<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">wait</span>(2)</span>
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for it yet). These can be seen in
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<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">ps</span>(1)</span>
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listings occasionally. Compare <a href="../O/orphan.html"><i class="glossterm">orphan</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. A machine, especially someone's <a href="../H/home-box.html"><i class="glossterm">home box</i></a>,
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that has been cracked and is being used as part of a second-stage attack by
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miscreants trying to mask their home IP address. Especially used of
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machines being exploited in large gangs for a mechanized denial-of-service
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attack like Tribe Flood Network; the image that goes with this is of a
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veritable army of zombies mindlessly doing the bidding of a
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necromancer.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="zipperhead.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../Z.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="zorch.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">zipperhead </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> zorch</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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