Wabbit
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A rabbit. childish, humorous, pronunciation-spelling
- 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])."
- 1 Exhausted; tired. Scotland
Example
More examples"He was wabbit from the long night of having to take care of his poor wife who had just delivered a baby."
Etymology
Scots wabbit, ultimate origin uncertain.
Representing pronunciation of rabbit by 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.
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