zombie
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (5)zombies
- a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural forceSynonyms: zombiliving deadType of dead person, dead soul
- (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead bodySynonyms: zombizombi spiritzombie spiritType of spirit, disembodied spirit
- a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West IndiesSynonyms: zombisnake godType of deity, divinity
- someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way“only an automaton wouldn't have noticed”Synonyms: automatonzombiType of actor, doer
- several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueurSynonyms: zombiType of highballMade of rum
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Translations
Noun the undead
- Spanish
- zombi
- French
- zombi
- German
- Zombie
- Italian
- zombi
- Portuguese
- zumbi
- Turkish
- zombi
- Russian
- зо́мби zómbi
- Chinese
- 丧尸 sàngshī
- Japanese
- ゾンビ zonbi
- Dutch
- zombie
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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
1.<operating system> zombie process.
2.<chat> A ghost. [Jargon File]
(1997-10-08)
The Jargon File
1.[Unix] A process that has died but has not yet relinquished its process table slot (because the parent process hasn't executed a wait(2) for it yet). These can be seen in ps(1) listings occasionally. Compare orphan.
2.A machine, especially someone's home box, that has been cracked and is being used as part of a second-stage attack by miscreants trying to mask their home IP address. Especially used of machines being exploited in large gangs for a mechanized denial-of-service attack like Tribe Flood Network; the image that goes with this is of a veritable army of zombies mindlessly doing the bidding of a necromancer.