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WORMRelationships Abbreviation Of: write once read many Abbreviation: write once read many
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WORMA new, completely inexperienced member of the drilling crew. Such a crewmember is stereotyped as prone to making mistakes and being injured, and typically endures pranks played on him by the drilling [..]
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WORMA program that can reproduce itself over a computer network. It usually attaches itself to another software program and then proceeds to cause malicious damage to your computer such as shutting it dow [..]
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WORMA programmed network attack in which a self-replicating program does not attach itself to programs, but rather spreads independently of users’ action.
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WORMA computer program that can run independently, can propagate a complete working version of itself onto other hosts on a network, and may consume computer resources destructively.
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WORMOld English wurm, variant of wyrm "serpent, snake, dragon, reptile," also in later Old English "earthworm," from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (source also of Old Saxon, Old High German, [..]
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WORM"to move like a worm," c. 1600, from worm (n.). In figurative senses attested from 1620s, suggesting patient, sinuous progress. Meaning "to free from worms" is from 1620s. Related: [..]
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WORMSee virus.
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WORMA program that makes copies of itself and can spread outside your operating system worms can damage computer data and security in much the same way as viruses.
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WORMWorm [N] [S] Heb. sas ( Isaiah 51:8 ), denotes the caterpillar of the clothes-moth. The manna bred worms (tola'im), but on the Sabbath there was not any worm (rimmah) therein ( Exodus 16:20 Exodu [..]
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WORManimal with a long, limbless body.
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WORMA computer program or algorithm that replicates itself over a computer network, usually performing malicious actions. Associated term(s): Flash Worm
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WORMCopyright by Matisse "Worm" Enzer -->A worm is a virus that does not infect other programs. It makes copies of itself, and infects additional computers (typically by making use of network [..]
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WORMA self-replicating program that reproduces itself over a network. The most famous worm is the one created by Robert Morris at Cornell that shut down many unix computers on the Internet in 1988. See vi [..]
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WORMany of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae writhe: to move [..]
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WORMAn independent program which can travel from computer to computer across network connections replicating itself in each computer. They do not change other programs, but compromise a computer system th [..]
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WORMDefinition A Worm is a program that has the ability to reproduce itself and infect itself on to other computers. Worms are generally viruses, that once installed on your machine, use your machine to c [..]
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WORMa small snake-like animal which lives underground and moves by wriggling in the earth
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WORM1. A computer virus capable of disrupting a computer program. [After Weik '96] 2. A self-contained program that can propagate itself through systems or networks. Note: Worms are often designed to use up available resources such as storage or processing time. [ANSDIT] 3. [An] independent program that replicates from machine to machine across ne [..]
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WORM[from `tapeworm' in John Brunner's novel `The Shockwave Rider', via XEROX PARC] n. A program that propagates itself over a network, reproducing itself as it goes. Compare virus. Nowaday [..]
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WORMJensens Internet Dictionary Write Once Read Many depicts a write-once-read-many memory device that allows an author to store prepared files once into memory so that other users may read but not alter those files. Alternately WORM also depicts a computer program which replicates itself. The Internet worm was perhaps the most famous; it successfully [..]
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WORM a serpent.
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WORMA type of virus (malicious code) that looks for security loopholes in a system and uses that to replicate itself. It then scans the internet for other computers that have the same flaw and spreads to them, often creating a new identity for itself in the process so that it evolves. Where a virus uses a host file to spread, a worm is imbedded in an a [..]
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WORMcf. Earthworm - the common name given to annelids within the Class Oligocheata. Earthworms are very important for introducing organic matter to soil.
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WORMthe representative in the Authorized Version of several Hebrew words. Sas, which occurs in (Isaiah 51:18) probably denotes some particular species of moth, whose larva is injurious to wool. Rimmah, (E [..]
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WORM(1.) Heb. sas (Isa. 51:8), denotes the caterpillar of the clothes-moth.(2.) The manna bred worms (tola'im), but on the Sabbath there was not any worm (rimmah) therein (Ex. 16:20, 24). Here these [..]
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WORM(1) A program or algorithm that replicates itself over a computer network and usually performs malicious actions, such as using up the computer's resources and possibly shutting the system down. [..]
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WORMvorem (vermer)
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WORMAn initialism for write once, read many. Digital storage technology that allows data to be written once and read an unlimited number of times but not erased, used mainly to prevent archival data from [..]
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WORMA type of computer virus that incapacitates a system by replicating itself through hard disk and memory, consuming space and resources without attaching itself to other programs. Security from worms a [..]
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WORM1. An insidious and usually illegal computer program that is designed to replicate itself over a network for the purpose of causing harm and/or destruction. While a virus is designed to invade a single computer's hard drive, a worm is designed to invade a network. The most infamous early example of a worm was created by Robert Tappan Morris in [..]
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WORMA computer worm is a self-replicating hostile computer program, similar to a computer Virus. A virus attaches itself to and becomes part of another program, but a worm is self-contained and does not n [..]
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WORMAcronym for Write Once Read Many. Now a rather dated term, originally applied to a type of Optical Disc on which information could be written just once and could not be amended or erased.
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WORMMalicious code that is often spread through an executable attachment in an email message.
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WORMType of malicious-logic program that copies itself repeatedly, for example in memory or over a network, using up system resources and possibly shutting a system down.
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WORMType of Virus.
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WORMFrom the Old English "wyrm," meaning "dragon."
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WORMLook under General
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WORM(1) A worm is a special type of virus that can replicate itself and use memory, but cannot attach itself to other programs. (2) A term used loosely for more recent viruses that are sent through Email and affect Email software programs such as Microsoft Outlook. Once the virus is opened, the sender unknowingly sends the virus to anyone they are e [..]
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WORMA computer virus that replicates itself many times over for the purpose of consuming system resources, eventually shutting down a computer or server. This type of virus is most often directed at mail [..]
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WORMThe threaded cylinder or shaft designed to mesh with a worm gear.
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WORMA self-replicating program that uses a network to send copies of itself to other machines, often without any user intervention. At times, the only harm a worm causes is lowered bandwith as it spreads on the network. However, one of the most common uses of a worm is to install a backdoor on a computer for someone to gain access.
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WORMA worm is human-made software program created specifically to wreak mischief on personal computers and networks. This virus got its name because it burrows into a computer's memory and hard drive [..]
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WORMA worm is a malicious computer program that can replicate and distribute itself via a network. Worms can run themselves, while viruses rely on a host program. Â
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WORMis self-replicating malware. Unlike a virus, a worm is a standalone program and does not need to be part of another program to function. See also virus.
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WORMWorms manage to spread without actually attaching themselves to executable files. They typically use the swiss cheese security in Microsoft Outlook to spread themselves by sending email to everyone in [..]
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WORMworm is a separate computer program that can replicate itself automatically over a network. Worms are ofren, but not always, malicious and might interfere with the normal use of a computer or a progra [..]
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WORMA self-replicating virus that does not alter files but resides in active memory and duplicates itself.
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WORMsoftware that spreads by itself from computer to computer and exploits how the Internet works to cause disruption. Some worms launch distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks, meaning they attack a [..]
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WORMA worm is a virus that does not infect other programs. It makes copies of itself, and infects additional computers but does not attach itself to additional programs, however a worm might alter, instal [..]
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WORMA worm is software that uses computer networks and security flaws to create copies of itself. It replicates itself to new computers using the flaws and then begins scanning and replicating again.
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WORMThis is similar to a virus
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WORM a virus-like program that propagates through the Internet and E-mail and has the capability of being very destructive to the computers that are infected.
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WORMA virus-like software that duplicates itself endlessly, reaching out across networks until affected systems grind to a halt. "Disinfected" systems can be re-infected by other machines on the same network that still have the worm resident.
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WORMA self-replicating program that seeks access into other computers by exploiting security flaws. After a worm penetrates another computer, it continues seeking access to other areas. Worms often steal [..]
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WORMA computer program which replicates itself and is self-propagating. Worms, as opposed to viruses, are meant to spawn in network environments. Network worms were first defined by Shoch and Hupp of Xerox in ACM Communications (March 1982). The Internet worm of November 1988 is perhaps the most famous; it successfully propagated itself on over 6,000 s [..]
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WORMAn independent program that replicates across network connections, clogging networks as it spreads
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WORM(n) any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae(n) a person [..]
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WORM1. An insidious and usually illegal computer program that is designed to replicate itself over a network for the purpose of causing harm and/or destruction. While a virus is designed to invade a single computer's hard drive, a worm is designed to invade a network. The most infamous worm was created by Robert Tappan Morris in November 1988; it [..]
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WORMTo have a worm in one’s tongue. To be cantankerous; to snarl and bite like a mad dog.
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WORMAn optical disk technology that allows information to be recorded only once. The disks can store anywhere from 600MB to over 3GB of information. The negative aspect of the WORM disk technology is that [..]
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WORMA program that propagates itself by attacking other machines and copying itself to them. Example: In the late 1980s, the Morris Worm shutdown the Internet for a couple of days. At the time, well-kn [..]
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WORMa malicious program that attacks computers, usually by corrupting data files or consuming resources in the form of CPU cycles, memory, storage, or network bandwidth. Worms are self-contained programs [..]
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WORMA malicious program that replicates itself over a computer network. It does not alter files but resides in active memory of the computer, invisible to the user until massive replication causes a compu [..]
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WORM A shaft on which a spiral groove is cut.
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WORMAn independent computer program that reproduces by copying itself from one system to another across a network. Unlike computer viruses, worms do not require human involvement to propagate. Worms are c [..]
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WORMMalware that replicates itself so it can spread to infiltrate other computers.
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WORM Classed as a type of virus. From 'Tapeworm' in the Science Fiction novel 'The Shockwave Rider' by John Brunner. A Worm is a program that propagates itself over a network, reproducing itself as it goes. The term has acquired negative connotations, as it is assumed that only crackers write worms. *** The Information Security G [..]
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WORMA program that runs independently and can replicate itself in networks. Its dissemination ties up resources. Functionally speaking, worms may contain malicious code. It is typical for worms to have a more or less aggressive dissemination function that they can executed without a user.
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WORMA Worm is a self-replicating, standalone piece of software, that can spread via computer networks without human intervention.
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WORMA worm is a form of malware that reproduces itself in order to spread to other computers on a network. A malicious worm will typically use up computer resources with the intention of shutting down the [..]
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WORMA program that replicates itself over a computer network and usually performs malicious actions, such as using up the computer's resources and possibly shutting the system down. The name is an acronym for "write once, read many." A recent example of a worm is the Sasser worm (or W32.Sasser.A and its variants) that affected millions o [..]
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WORMMalicious program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers, on a network, and may consume computer resources destructively. Unlike a virus, it does not attach itself to an existing program.
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WORMUnlike a virus, a worm is not a parasite. It is capable of reproducing and spreading itself to damage or infect a computer and its network of PCs. This makes them even more dangerous than viruses.
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WORMA program that seeks access into other computers. Once a worm penetrates another computer it continues seeking access to other areas. Worms are often equipped with dictionary-based password crackers a [..]
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WORMA worm is a self-replicating piece of malware that uses a network to send copies of itself to other devices.
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WORMA worm is a type of computer virus that spreads without any human action, such as executing an infected file. Instead, it takes advantage of file or information transport features of the infected syst [..]
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WORMA self-replicating malware computer program. It uses a computer network to send copies of itself to other nodes (computers on the network) and it may do so without any user intervention. This is prima [..]
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WORMJust as a worm burrows through an apple making it inedible, a computer worm is a program built to reproduce itself and spread across a network, rendering it ineffective. A worm may be designed to comp [..]
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WORMWorms are network Viruses, primarily replicating on networks. Usually, a worm will execute itself automatically on a remote machine without any extra help from a user. However, there are worms, such as mass-mailer worms, that will not always automatically execute themselves without the help of a user.
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WORMAcronym used to describe the writing process of devices such as CD-Rs.
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WORMCommonly known as parasitic worms, this group includes the Acanthocephala; Nematoda; and Platyhelminths. Some authors consider certain species of Leeches that can become temporarily parasitic as helmi [..]
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WORMA phylum of metazoan Invertebrates comprising the segmented worms, and including marine annelids (Polychaeta), Freshwater annelids, earthworms (Oligochaeta), and Leeches. Only the Leeches are of medic [..]
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WORMA phylum of Parasitic Worms, closely related to Tapeworms and containing two genera: Moniliformis, which sometimes infects man, and Macracanthorhynchus, which infects Swine.
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WORMA subclass of Crustacea comprising the tongue worms which are obligatory Parasites of Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals including Humans.
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WORMTo protect a section of rope from chafing by: laying yarns (worming) to fill in the cutlines, wrapping tarred marlin (serving) around it, and stitching a covering of canvas or leather (parceling) over [..]
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WORMTo put yarn, or small stuff, in cantlines of a rope that is to be parcelled and served. 2. Spiral thread, on a shaft, that engages in appropriately cut teeth on a wheel or drum. Has a large ratio of p [..]
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WORMAn iron worm (corkscrew) for removing the charge and wad or the remnants of the charge after firing a cannon to avoid a build-up of material in the barrel of a cannon. Also called wadhook. A side arm.
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WORMThe operation of passing a small line in a spiral between the lays of a rope, in preparation for parcelling and serving. Rope is wormed, parcelled and served to protect it from water which could rot i [..]
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WORMTo protect a section of rope from chafing by: laying yarns (worming) to fill in the cuntlines, wrapping marline or other small stuff (serving) around it, and stitching a covering of canvas (parceling) over all.
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WORMto protect a section of rope from chafing by: laying yarns (worming) to fill in the cuntlines, wrapping marline, small chord or other small line around it (serving, also called whipping), and stitchin [..]
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WORMThe operation of passing a small line in a spiral between the lays of a rope, in preparation for parcelling and serving. Rope is wormed, parcelled
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WORMPronounced 'warm' on Tyneside. A dragon, or wyvern as in North East legends like the Lambton Worm, Sockburn Worm and Laidley Worm. It is either Old German - wyrm
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WORMA worm is a type of malicious software (malware) that replicates while moving across computers, leaving copies of itself in the memory of each computer in its path.
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WORMA screw-like attachment to a ramrod or cleaning rod, designed to bore into a lead ball previously loaded into a muzzle-loader's barrel, with which to extract the ball and unload the gun without f [..]
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WORMA worm is similar to a virus but is self-contained and so does not require a host to spread. A worm may destroy, modify or copy data to a third party. It may also install a backdoor in the system, for [..]
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WORMa computer program that copies itself across a network
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WORMSimilar to a virus
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WORMA computer virus that works by making copies of itself and infecting other computers in the process.
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WORMA piece of malicious code delivered via an executable attachment in email or over a computer network and which spreads to other computers by automatically sending itself to every email address on a recipient’s contact list or address book. See virus
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WORMn. "worm, snake," s.v. worm sb. OED. KEY: worm@n
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WORMn 20 worm 8 wormes 12
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WORMIndependent program that replicates from machine to machine across network connections often clogging networks and information systems as it spreads.
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WORMWorms are similar to viruses. They replicate themselves from computer to computer either causing damage to the host computer or attacking a third party computer. Similar to a virus, a worm's main feature is that it replicates itself using a host computer. It either causes damage to the host by using its computer memory or speed when replicatin [..]
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WORMTypically, a malicious program that reproduces itself over a network and uses up computer resources or shuts down the system.
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WORMSimilar to a computer virus, a worm attaches itself to, and becomes part of, another executable program. Able to self-propagate, worms generally harm the network and consume bandwidth.
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WORMA computer program which replicates itself and is self-propagating across networks. Worms, as opposed to viruses, are meant to spawn in network environments. Worms usually are designed to slow down a [..]
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WORM
A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum.
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WORMlang=en
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*: For the lusts, pleasures, and profits of this world; in the enjoyment of which I did then promise myself much delight; but now every one of [..]
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WORMThe "worm" is a market research analysis tool developed by Roy Morgan Research (who called it "The Reactor"), with the purpose of gauging an audience's reaction to some visual stim [..]
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WORMWorm is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.
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WORMA worm is a device used to remove unspent powder bag remnants from a cannon or other piece of muzzle-loading field artillery. It usually took the form of a double corkscrew-shaped piece of iron on the [..]
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WORMA worm is a device used to remove unspent powder bag remnants from a cannon or other piece of muzzle-loading field artillery. It usually took the form of a double corkscrew-shaped piece of iron on the [..]
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WORMWorms are many different distantly related animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body and no limbs. Worms vary in size from microscopic to over 1 metre (3.3 ft) in length for marin [..]
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WORMA worm is an elongated soft-bodied invertebrate animal, most commonly the earthworm.
Worm, WORM or Worms, may also refer to:
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WORMWORM (1010 AM, Savannah's Pure Gold Station) is a radio station broadcasting an oldies music format. Licensed to Savannah, Tennessee, United States, the station is currently owned by Gerald W. Hunt.
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WORMWORM is a Rotterdam based non-profit foundation and a multi-media alternative cultural centre focused on experimental, new media art, avant-garde and underground art, primarily music and movies. WORM [..]
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WORMWorm, Worms or de Worms is the surname of:
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Alfred Worm (1945–2007), Austrian investigative journalist, author and professor
Erik Worm (1900-1962), Danish tennis player
Ole Worm (1588–1655), Dani [..]
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WORMWorm is a 2013 American sci-fi/horror film directed by Doug Mallette and produced by Untrademarked Productions. Starring John Ferguson, Jes Mercer, and Shane O’Brien, the film was released by Synapse [..]
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WORMWorm is a self-published web serial by John "Wildbow" McCrae that subverts common tropes of superhero fiction. It is one of the most popular web serials on the internet, with a readership in [..]
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