The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

rabbit job
 n.

    [Cambridge] A batch job that does little, if any, real work, but creates
    one or more copies of itself, breeding like rabbits. Compare wabbit, 
    fork bomb.


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

rabbit job

   (Cambridge) A batch job that does little, if any, real work,
   but creates one or more copies of itself, breeding like
   rabbits.

   Compare wabbit, fork bomb.

   [Jargon File]

   (1994-11-09)