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wormable

wormable adjective: (of a computer flaw or a bug) Capable of being turned into a network worm.

Adjective

wormable (comparative more wormable, superlative most wormable)

  1. (of a computer flaw or a bug) Capable of being turned into a network worm.
    • Operating system vendors react quickly to wormable exploits, typically releasing out-of-sequence patches, because of the scale of the damage they can do.2020, Ross Anderson, Security Engineering, page 232

Forms of wormable

comparativemore wormable
superlativemost wormable

Origin of wormable

From worm + -able.

Questions about wormable

What does wormable mean?
Wormable means (of a computer flaw or a bug) Capable of being turned into a network worm.
What part of speech is wormable?
Wormable is an adjective.

Words near wormable in the dictionary

  1. worm-like chain
  2. worm-ridden
  3. worm-shell
  4. worm-shells
  5. worm-star
  6. wormable
  7. wormal
  8. Wormald Green
  9. wormals
  10. Worman
  11. Wormans

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