worm

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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. Compare virus. Nowadays the term has negative connotations, as it is assumed that only crackers write worms.

Perhaps the best-known example was the Great Worm.

Compare Trojan horse.

[Jargon File]

Last updated: 1996-09-17

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  louse, insect, dirt ball, writhe, wrestle, wriggle, squirm, twist