zombie

Noun
US[zom-bee]/ˈzɑmbi/2 syllables

Open English WordNet

Noun (5)zombies

  1. a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural forceSynonyms: zombiliving deadType of dead person, dead soul
  2. (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead bodySynonyms: zombizombi spiritzombie spiritType of spirit, disembodied spirit
  3. a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West IndiesSynonyms: zombisnake godType of deity, divinity
  4. someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way“only an automaton wouldn't have noticed”Synonyms: automatonzombiType of actor, doer
  5. 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
19 more languages
Polish
zombie
Swedish
zombie
Greek
ζόμπι zómpi
Korean
좀비 jombi
Vietnamese
thây ma
Hungarian
zombi
Portuguese (PT)
zombie
Chinese (Trad.)
喪屍 sàngshī
Catalan
zombi
Czech
zombie
Esperanto
zombio
Finnish
zombi
Georgian
ზომბი zombi
Hebrew
זוֹמְבִּי zom'bí
Icelandic
uppvakningur
Lithuanian
zombis
Norwegian
zombie
Romanian
zombi
Slovak
zombi

The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

zombie

1.<operating system> zombie process.

2.<chat> A ghost. [Jargon File]

(1997-10-08)

The Jargon File

zombie n.

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.

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