[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

zombie
     n 1: a dead body that has been brought back to life by a
          supernatural force syn: zombi, the living dead
     2: voodooism a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a
        dead body syn: zombi, zombi spirit, zombie spirit
     3: a god of voodoo cults of african origin worshipped
        especially in west indies syn: zombi, snake god
     4: someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic
        way; "only an automaton wouldn't have noticed" syn: automaton,
         zombi
     5: several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot
        liqueur syn: zombi
see also:
zombi the living dead zombi spirit zombie spirit snake god automaton 

[2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

65 moby thesaurus words for "zombie":
   masan, apparition, appearance, astral, astral spirit, banshee,
   boob, case, character, chump, clod, control, departed spirit,
   disembodied spirit, dolt, duck, dullard, duppy, dybbuk, eidolon,
   form, ghost, goon, grateful dead, guide, hant, haunt, idolum,
   immateriality, incorporeal, incorporeal being, incorporeity, larva,
   lemures, manes, materialization, moron, nitwit, oaf, oddball,
   oddity, oni, original, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, poltergeist,
   presence, quiz, revenant, shade, shadow, shape, shrouded spirit,
   specter, spectral ghost, spirit, spook, sprite, theophany,
   unsubstantiality, vision, walking dead man, wandering soul,
   wraith

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

zombie n. 1. unix a process that has died but has not yet
   relinquished its process table slot because the parent process hasn't
   executed a `wait2' for it yet. these can be seen in `ps1' listings
   occasionally. compare orphan. 2. a machine, especially someone's home
   box, that has been cracked and is being used as part of a second-stage
   attack by miscreants trying to mask their home ip address. especially
   used of machines being exploited in large gangs for a mechanized
   denial-of-service attack like tribe flood network; the image that goes
   with this is of a veritable army of zombies mindlessly doing the bidding
   of a necromancer.


see also:
orphan home box 

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

zombie
     
        1.  zombie process.
     
        2.  a ghost.
     
        jargon file
     
        1997-10-08
     
     
see also:
zombie process ghost jargon file 

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