[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wormhole \worm"hole`\, n.
   a burrow made by a worm.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

wormhole
     n : hole made by a burrowing worm

[3] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

wormhole /werm'hohl/ n. from the `wormhole' singularities hypothesized
   in some versions of general relativity theory 1. n.,obs. a location
   in a monitor which contains the address of a routine, with the specific
   intent of making it easy to substitute a different routine. this term is
   now obsolescent; modern operating systems use clusters of wormholes
   extensively for modularization of i/o handling in particular, as in the
   unix device-driver organization but the preferred techspeak for these
   clusters is `device tables', `jump tables' or `capability tables'. 2.
   amateur packet radio a network path using a commercial satellite link
   to join two or more amateur vhf networks. so called because traffic
   routed through a wormhole leaves and re-enters the amateur network over
   great distances with usually little clue in the message routing header
   as to how it got from one relay to the other. compare gopher hole
   sense 2.


see also:
gopher hole 

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

wormhole
     
        back door
     
     
see also:
back door 

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