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sorcerer's apprentice mode
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n. [from Goethe's Der Zauberlehrling via Paul Dukas's L'apprenti sorcier in
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the film Fantasia. ] A bug in a protocol where, under some circumstances,
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the receipt of a message causes multiple messages to be sent, each of which,
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when received, triggers the same bug. Used esp. of such behavior caused by
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bounce message loops in email software. Compare broadcast storm , network
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meltdown , software laser , ARMM.
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