English Explanatory Dictionary

fork bomb

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

fork bomb fork bombs forkbomb

Etymology

From fork (“splitting-up of an existing process”) + bomb.

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