Definitions for "Worms"
Worms is a series of turn-based computer games developed by Team17 Software. Players control a small platoon of worms across a deformable landscape, battling other computer- or player-controlled teams. The games feature bright and humorous cartoon-style animation and a varied arsenal of bizarre weapons.
A worm is very similar to a VIRUS in that it is also replicating software. The difference between a virus and a worm is that a worm replicates itself independent of a carrier object. It does not need to attach itself to a file or a document to spread or execute. In other words, if you have a worm on a disk, as soon as you put the disk in your computer, the worm begins. A virus would only start when you opened the infected file on the disk.
Program that infests a network environment and exponentially multiplies itself thereby using larger and larger amounts of memory and disk space until it brings the system to a halt. There is no hard line between viruses and worms; in general, if the spreading entity is a self-sufficient program, it will be called a worm, whereas if it embeds itself inside other programs or boot code, it will be called a virus.
Keywords:  injure, parasites, horses, kill
Parasites that can injure or kill horses.
A computer program that can make copies of itself. Alternatively, on the Web, a worm is synonymous with a robot.
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