Worms

n. type of legless invertebrate; type of intestinal parasite

v. creep, crawl (like a worm); squeeze cunningly; sneak (in or out); kill intestinal parasites

n. type of legless invertebrate; servile person, "weasel"; screwing; computer virus which usually copies itself through a network and wastes resources or causes damage (Computers)

A worm is an elongated, fat, soft-bodied invertebrate (an animal that lacks a backbone). Some species of worms are so different from- even unrelated to- each other that they have not been classified under a single group.
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Write Once, Read Many (alternatively Write One, Read Multiple or Write Once, Read Mostly or WORM) refers to a kind of computer storage media that can be written to once, but read from multiple times.There are two types of WORM storage media: those that physically can be written only once (examples of such storage media are CD-R and DVD-R, or electronic circuits such as PROMs) and media that enables WORM capability by using electronic keys or other measures to prevent rewriting. The reasoning behind this artificial hampering of technical capability in the latter case can be found in regulatory authorities requiring certain data archival standards where information has to be reliably kept and made available over a long period of time (an example would be the Securities Exchange Commission).
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Worms, n a family of parasites characterized by a long body, either flat or round. They primarily reside in the intestinal tract, but some types can [more]Worms - Community and Resources

Noun
1. any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
(hypernym) invertebrate
(hyponym) helminth, parasitic worm
2. a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
(synonym) louse, insect, dirt ball
(hypernym) unpleasant person, disagreeable person
3. a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network; "worms take advantage of automatic file sending and receiving features found on many computers"
(hypernym) malevolent program
4. screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
(hypernym) screw
(part-holonym) worm gear
Verb
1. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"
(synonym) writhe, wrestle, wriggle, squirm, twist
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) wrench

Write-Once Read-Many

<networking, security> (From "Tapeworm" in John Brunner's novel "The Shockwave Rider", via XEROX PARC) A program that propagates itself over a network, reproducing itself as it goes. Compare virus. Nowadays the term has negative connotations, as it is assumed that only crackers write worms.
Perhaps the best-known example was the Great Worm.
Compare Trojan horse.
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