Zombie meaning

A computer that has been covertly taken over in order to perform some nefarious task. It is estimated that millions of PCs around the world have become zombies and, under the control of a third party, routinely transmit messages unbeknownst to the user.Zombies are widely used to relay spam so that messages come from thousands of different IP addresses, avoiding detection and expanding volume at the same time.Denial of ServiceBefore spam became such a popular pastime, zombies were used to transmit phony messages to a server in order to slow down service and disrupt the network. A "pulsing zombie" is one that sends bogus messages in periodic bursts rather than continuously to avoid detection. See zombie bot, zombie language, zombie script, zombie scrolling, zombie VM, spam, denial-of-service attack and botnet.

A snake god or fetish in religions of West Africa and elsewhere.

(voodoo, superstition) A person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces (such as magic), with no soul or will of his/her own.

(fiction) A deceased person who becomes reanimate to attack the living.

(figuratively) An apathetic person.

(figuratively) A human being in a state of extreme mental exhaustion.

An information worker who has signed a nondisclosure agreement.

(computing) A process or task which has terminated but was not removed from the list of processes, typically because it has child processes that have not yet terminated.

(computing) A computer affected by malware which causes it to do whatever the attacker wants it to do without the user's knowledge.

A cocktail of rum and fruit juices.

(Canada, historical, derogatory) A conscripted member of the Canadian military during World War II who was assigned to home defence rather than to combat in Europe.

(philosophy) A hypothetical person who lacks self awareness.