:AIDS: /aydz/ n. Short for A* Infected Disk Syndrome (`A*' is a
{glob} pattern that matches, but is not limited to, Apple),
this condition is quite often the result of practicing unsafe
{SEX}. See {virus}, {worm}, {Trojan horse},
{virgin}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
{glob} pattern that matches, but is not limited to, Apple),
this condition is quite often the result of practicing unsafe
{SEX}. See {virus}, {worm}, {Trojan horse},
{virgin}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- AIDS /aydz/ n.
Short for A* Infected Disk Syndrome (`A*'
is a glob pattern that matches,
but is not limited to, Apple or Amiga), this condition... - phage: n. A program that modifies other programs or databases in
unauthorized ways;
esp. one that propagates a {virus} or {Trojan horse}... - worm: [from `tapeworm' in John Brunner's novel "The
Shockwave Rider",
via XEROX PARC] n. A program that propagates itself... - Trojan horse: [coined by MIT-hacker-turned-NSA-spook Dan Edwards]
n.
A malicious, security-breaking program that is disguised... - phage n.
A program that modifies other programs or
databases in unauthorized ways;
esp. one that propagates a virus or Trojan horse... - replicator: n. Any construct that acts to produce copies of
itself;
this could be a living organism, an idea (see {meme})... - virgin: adj. Unused; pristine; in a known initial state.
"Let's bring up a virgin system and see if it crashes... - Trojan horse n.
[coined by MIT-hacker-turned-NSA-spook Dan
Edwards] A malicious,
security-breaking program that is disguised as something... - virus n.
[from the obvious analogy with biological viruses,
via SF] A cracker program that searches out other programs...
