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zombie
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n. 1. [Unix] A process that has died but has not yet relinquished its
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process table slot (because the parent process hasn't executed a wait (2)
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for it yet). These can be seen in ps (1) listings occasionally. Compare
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orphan. 2. A machine, especially someone's home box , that has been cracked
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and is being used as part of a second-stage attack by miscreants trying to
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mask their home IP address. Especially used of machines being exploited in
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large gangs for a mechanized denial-of-service attack like Tribe Flood
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Network; the image that goes with this is of a veritable army of zombies
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mindlessly doing the bidding of a necromancer.
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