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forkbomb

forkbomb is the alternative form of fork bomb.

Meaning of fork bomb

Noun

fork bomb (plural fork bombs)

  1. A program that creates a large number of self-replicating tasks or processes in a computer system in order to cause a denial of service.
    • In contrast to the wabbit's slow growth, a fork bomb quickly generates multiple copies itself.2002, Philip E. N. Howard, “Hacktivism”, in Steve Jones, editor, Encyclopedia of New Media, SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 216

Forms of forkbomb

pluralforkbombs

Questions about forkbomb

What is forkbomb the alternative form of?
Forkbomb is the alternative form of fork bomb.

Words near forkbomb in the dictionary

  1. forkballer
  2. forkballers
  3. forkballs
  4. forkbeard
  5. forkbeards
  6. forkbomb
  7. forkbombs
  8. forked
  9. forked lightning
  10. forked lightnings
  11. forked off

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