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zombie computers

zombie computers is the plural of zombie computer.

Meaning of zombie computer

Noun

zombie computer (plural zombie computers)

  1. A computer connected to the Internet that has been compromised by a hacker by means of a computer virus, computer worm, or Trojan horse program and can be used to perform malicious tasks under the remote direction of the hacker.
    • The danger is manifested in this version because the hackers are gaining control of as many as thousands of vulnerable zombie computers in order to magnify and direct their full-scale assault against a single victim from all directions.1999, Brian Fonseca, “"Denial-of-service attacks employ zombie PCs to hit networks"”, in Infoworld Daily News
    Synonyms:
    zombie host

Questions about zombie computers

What is zombie computers the plural of?
Zombie computers is the plural of zombie computer.

Words near zombie computers in the dictionary

  1. zombie client
  2. zombie clients
  3. zombie companies
  4. zombie company
  5. zombie computer
  6. zombie computers
  7. zombie crawl
  8. zombie dance
  9. zombie dances
  10. zombie debt
  11. zombie debtor

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