Webopedia Spooky Term of the Day: Zombie

“While many think the term zombie is in reference to one of the
many computer games out there, a zombie is actually a bit more
serious than that. In the world of UNIX, a zombie refers to a
“child” program that was started by a “parent” program but then
abandoned by the parent. Zombie is also used to describe a computer
that has been implanted with a daemon that puts it under the
control of a malicious hacker without the knowledge of the computer
owner. No matter what definition you choose for the word zombie, it
is still pretty scary stuff!”

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