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A type of malware that replicates itself across a computer network by making copies of itself, which it sends to other computers. A worm embeds itself in memory and may replicate itself so many times that it causes the host to crash. Note that a worm is neither a Trojan horse nor a virus. See also malware, spyware, Trojan horse, and virus.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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