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wabbit en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈwæ.bɪt/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Scots wabbit, ultimate origin uncertain.

Meanings

1. (Scotland) Exhausted; tired.

Forms

wabbit en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈwæ.bɪt/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Pronunciation spelling of rabbit representing the pronunciation of children and some adults who have trouble saying the English /r/ (the cartoon character Elmer Fudd is a caricature of the latter). Computing sense refers to the ability of rabbits to multiply quickly.

Meanings

1. (childish, humorous) A rabbit.
2. A self-replicating computer process that (unlike a virus or worm) does not infect host programs or documents and remains on the local computer rather than spreading across networks of computers.
   • For example, a hacker might write a quine virus program that generates complete copies of itself as part of its output, a worm virus program that reproduces itself across a network, or a wabbit virus program designed to perpetually duplicate itself, at least until the system crashes. In contrast to the wabbit's slow growth, a fork bomb quickly generates multiple copies itself^([sic]). 2002, Philip E. N. Howard, “Hacktivism”, in Steve Jones, editor, Encyclopedia of New Media, SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 216:

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fork bomb