worm

Definition von worm im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: Write Once Read Many, a type of disc drive. See write once; To make (one's way) with a crawling motion
We wormed our way through the underbrush.; To move with one's body dragging the ground
Inch by inch I wormed along the secret passageway, flat to the ground, not once raising my head, hardly daring to pull a full breath.; A self-replicating program that propagates widely through a network; A graphical representation of the total runs scored in an innings; A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; To work one's way by artful or devious means; A contemptible or devious being
Don't try to run away, you little worm!.; To fill in the contlines of a rope before parcelling and serving
Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way.; To deworm an animal; To work (one's way or oneself) (into) gradually or slowly; to insinuate
He wormed his way into the organization.; An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse
The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul! — Richard III, William Shakespeare.; To obtain information from someone through artful or devious means (usually used with out of)
I've got a awk'ard job - to try and worm something out of the barmaid.; A dragon or mythological serpent; Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw; {n} an insect, grub, pipe, spiral thing, inward torment; {v} to act slowly; (Computers) any type of storage medium that can only be written to once but can be read an unlimited number of times (such as a CD-ROM); Write-Once-Read-Many technology used in many applications for because of the integrity of the data and the accepted legal admissibility of files stored using the technology In the case of "Ablative" or "True" WORM, data written to a disk is actually etched into the surface of the platter creating a permanent record Another form, CCW WORM is based on Magneto/Optical technology CCW achieves the WORM characteristic through special MO media that signals the optical drive not to rewrite media sectors An advantage of CCW media is that it conforms to ISO standards, allowing it to be read with drives from any manufacturer adhering to the standard WORM records are unalterable with the exception of destroying the platter Legal documents, research information, historical records, etc , are all examples of information that require permanent storage; To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm; A short revolving screw, the threads of which drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel by gearing into its teeth or cogs; A virus that replicates itself without human intervention If the victim has to open an e-mail attachment to get infected, it's a virus But if it scans for new victims and attacks by itself, it's a worm; Computer program that copies itself into other host computers across a network In 1988 the Internet Worm infected several thousand hosts; [from `tapeworm' in John Brunner's novel `The Shockwave Rider', via XEROX PARC] n 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 {cracker}s write worms Perhaps the best-known example was Robert T Morris's `Internet Worm' of 1988, a `benign' one that got out of control and hogged hundreds of Suns and VAXen across the U S See also {cracker}, {RTM}, {Trojan horse}, {ice}, and {Great Worm, the}; To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw; A program that infiltrates a computer system and copies itself many times, filling up memory and disk space and crashing the computer The most famous worm of all time was released accidentally by Robert Morris over the Internet and brought down whole sections of the net; Same as Vermes; A worm is a small animal with a long thin body, no bones and no legs; To work slowly, gradually, and secretly; If animals or people have worms, worms are living in their intestines; of Worm gearing, below; A self-replicating destructive program that stands alone and spreads itself through computer networks; A certain muscular band in the tongue of some animals, as the dog; the lytta; An insect larva; Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm The thread of a screw; a computer program which replicates itself and is self-propagating Worms, as opposed to viruses, are meant to spawn in network environments Beware the Ides of March; To wind rope, yarn, or other material, spirally round, between the strands of, as a cable; to wind with spun yarn, as a small rope; A computer program which replicates itself and is self-propagating Worms, as opposed to viruses, are meant to spawn in network environments Network worms were first defined by Shoch & Hupp of Xerox in ACM Communications (March 1982) The Internet worm of November 1988 is perhaps the most famous; it successfully propagated itself on over 6,000 systems across the Internet; 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"; The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to economize space; A worm is a program designed as a file that multiplies itself by sending itself to everyone listed in either your Outlook directory, OR autosends files to others on IRC and ICQ You can read more about it here on our Trojans, Viruses and Worms reference page; 5 (b); 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"; A computer program, which replicates itself and is self-propagating Worms, as opposed to viruses, are meant to spawn in network environments Worms usually are designed to slow down a network or even crash it See also: Trojan Horse, Virus; A self-replicating program that reproduces itself over a network The most famous worm is the one created by Robert Morris at Cornell that shut down many unix computers on the Internet in 1988 Currently making the rounds is a Windows worm named happy99 exe (or Trojan-Happy99 or I-Worm Happy) that masquerades as a fireworks show, replaces your wsock32 dll file, and sends copies of itself along with e-mail or news messages you post For more on this and how to remove it, see the Symantec Anti-Virus Research Center Happy99 Worm page See virus and Trojan horse; A computer program that replicates itself and is self-propagating While viruses are designed to cause problems on a local system and are passed through boot sectors of disks and through files, worms are designed to thrive in network environments Network worms were first defined by Shoch & Hupp of Xerox in ACM Communications (March 1982) The most famous (or infamous) worm was the Internet Worm of November 1988 It successfully propagated itself on over 6,000 systems across the Internet; See Worm, n; If you say that someone is opening a can of worms, you are warning them that they are planning to do or talk about something which is much more complicated, unpleasant, or difficult than they realize and which might be better left alone. You've opened up a whole new can of worms here I think. We could have a whole debate on student loans and grants. Computer Science. write once, read many. write once, read many a CD on which information can be stored only once, but seen or used many times. Any of thousands of species of unrelated invertebrate animals that typically have a soft, slender, elongated body with no appendages. The major phyla are Platyhelminthes (flatworms), Annelida (annelids, or segmented worms), Nemertea (ribbon worms), Acanthocephala (spiny-headed worms), and Aschelminthes (nematodes and others). There are several minor phyla. Length ranges from microscopic (e.g., some aschelminths) to more than 100 ft (30 m) (some ribbon worms). Worms are found worldwide on land and in water. They may be parasitic or free-living and are important as soil conditioners, parasites, and a link in the food chain in all ecosystems. See also fluke, pinworm, polychaete, rotifer, tapeworm, tube worm. filarial worm guinea worm dragon worm medina worm horsehair worm gordian worm tube worm Eleazar ben Judah of Worms Worms Concordat of Worms Diet of; a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect; is a self-contained computer program, or programs, that is able to spread functional copies of itself to other computer systems (usually via network connections) Unlike viruses, worms do not need to attach themselves to a host program to do damage There are two basic types of worms--host computer worms and network worms; Similar to a virus in that it makes copies of itself, but differ in that it need not attach to particular files or sectors at all Once a worm is executed, it seeks other systems - rather than parts of systems - to infect, then copies its code to them; Any small creeping animal or reptile, either entirely without feet, or with very short ones, including a great variety of animals; as, an earthworm; the blindworm; A being debased and despised; A worm is a computer program that contains a virus which duplicates itself many times in a network; of Still; {f} creep, crawl (like a worm); squeeze cunningly; sneak (in or out); kill intestinal parasites; To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; often followed by out; A computer program that replicates itself and is self-propagating Worms, as opposed to viruses, are meant to spawn in network environments Network worms were first defined by Shoch & Hupp of Xerox in ACM Communications (March 1982) See also Worm, The (Great) Internet; {i} type of legless invertebrate; servile person, "weasel"; screwing; computer virus which usually copies itself through a network and wastes resources or causes damage (Computers); Independent program that replicates from machine to machine across network connections, often-clogging networks and information systems as it spreads; Independent program that replicates from machine to machine across network connections often clogging networks and information systems as it spreads; A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms; Write Once, Read Many An optical disc format than can be written to once, but read many times WORM systems are often used for backup and archiving of data Based on the Orange Book standard published by Philips; A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like; The operation was formerly supposed to guard against canine madness; Any annelid; 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 screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack 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"; This is a type of virus that replicates itself over a computer network This almost always does something malicious, such as consuming computer resources and freezing up processes Similar to a virus, where infected computers spread the problem to all users associated with the computer (via email or internal network) Software such as Norton Antivirus prevent virii and worms and also help to clean infected files if they are suspect to these malicious programs Usually this will get on a computer without the user's knowledge The user will not find out generally until the program has run its course and done whatever bad things it had intended to do; A computer program which replicates itself The Internet worm (see Chapter 8 1 [The Internet Worm], was perhaps the most famous; it successfully (and accidentally) duplicated itself on systems across the Internet; disapproval If you say that someone is worming their way to success, or is worming their way into someone else's affection, you disapprove of the way that they are gradually making someone trust them or like them, often in order to deceive them or gain some advantage. She never misses a chance to worm her way into the public's hearts
worm burner: A hard hit ground ball
Jones smashes a worm burner between third and short.
worm burners: plural form of worm burner
worm lizard: Any of many small limbless burrowing tropical lizards, of the family Amphisbaenidae, that resemble worms
worm's-eye view: A view of an object from below, from the ground
worm-eaten: Rotten or decrepit
worm-eaten: Eaten by worms, especially having a worm inside
worm eaten: {s} eaten by worms, burrowed by worms; antiquated, old, worn out; decayed
worm family: a family of worms
worm fence: rail fence consisting of a zigzag of interlocking rails
worm fence: A fence of crossed rails supporting one another and forming a zigzag pattern. Also called snake fence, Virginia fence
worm fish: poorly known family of small tropical shallow-water fishes related to gobies
worm gear: gear made up of a threaded shaft
worm gear: gear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel); changes the direction of the axis of rotary motion
worm genus: a genus of worms
worm hole: hole or passage used by a burrowing worm
worm lizard: Any of various small, legless, burrowing lizards of the family Amphisbaenidae, resembling worms and found chiefly in tropical regions
worm lizard: a lizard of the genus Amphisbaena; harmless wormlike limbless lizard of warm or tropical regions having concealed eyes and ears and a short blunt tail
worm out a secret: obtain secret information by deception, cheat someone into revealing a secret
worm screw: The spirally threaded shaft of a worm gear
worm snake: A small, harmless burrowing snake (Carphophis amoena) of the central and eastern United States, usually living under stones or logs and feeding chiefly on earthworms
worm wheel: gear with the thread of a worm
worm wheel: The toothed wheel of a worm gear
worm-eaten: eaten (or as if eaten) by worms
worm-eaten: worm-eaten wood or fruit has holes in it because it has been eaten by worms
woolly worm: The larva of a moth of the family Arctiidae
woolly-worm: Attributive form of woolly worm, noun
My snack had a woolly-worm crunch.
apple worm: The larva of the codling moth
arrow worm: A predatory marine worm of the phylum Chaetognatha
blood worm: Any member of the Glycera group
blood worm: The larva of a chironomid (Chironomidae)
blood worm: Alternative name for the blackworm (Lumbriculus variegatus)
bone-eating snot flower worm: a worm-like creature, Osedax mucofloris, that feeds on the carcasses of minke whales in the North Sea
clam worm: A polychete worm, Nereis succinea
common glow-worm: A European firefly species, Lampyris noctiluca
early bird catches the worm: Alternative form of early bird gets the worm
guinea-worm: A long, white parasitic worm which can live in the human skin
the rishta-doctors patiently removing guinea-worms, making an incision, trapping the three-foot-long creature's head in a cleft at the end of a stick, and then slowly winding it out of the incision.
gummy worm: A confectionery made of gelatin and often, but not always, in the shape of a toy worm, and somewhat softer than a gummy bear
ice worm: any of several worms, of the genus Mesenchytraeus, that inhabit glacial ice
maw-worm: Any of several parasitic worms which infest the mammalian stomach and intestines, especially a nematode
measuring worm: The larva of a moth of the family Geometridae
peacock worm: A worm of this species
What a pretty peacock worm!.
peacock worm: A particular species of worm, Sabella pavonina
Peacock worm can be used for many things.
penis worm: Any of the marine worms of the Priapulida phylum, with a phallic shape and a spiny proboscis
red worm: A worm that lives in the ground and is commonly used as fish bait
the early bird catches the worm: the early bird gets the worm
the early bird gets the worm: Whoever arrives first has the best chance of success; some opportunities are only available to the first competitors
winter worm: a plant, Cordyceps sinensis, used in traditional Chinese medicine
wormed: affected with woodworm
Thus, sitting where I was, I lit my candle once more, and then clambered across that great coffin which, for two hours or more, had been a mid-wall of partition between me and danger. But to get out of the niche was harder than to get in; for now that I had a candle to light me, I saw that the coffin, though sound enough to outer view, was wormed through and through, and little better than a rotten shell. So it was that I had some ado to get over it, not daring either to kneel upon it or to bring much weight to bear with my hand, lest it should go through.
wormed: Simple past tense and past participle of worm
wormer: Dewormer, medicine used in deworming an animal
wormer: Vermicide, any substance used to kill worms
maw-worm: {n} a worm that breeds in the stomach
guinea worm disease: (Tıp, İlaç) A disease that is caused by infestation with the guinea worm and that has been eradicated in most regions except Africa ― called also dracunculiasis
Worms: A city of southwest Germany on the Rhine River north-northwest of Mannheim. Originally a Celtic settlement, it was the site of the Diet of Worms (1521) in which Martin Luther refused to recant his beliefs and was outlawed by the Roman Catholic Church. It is an industrial city. Population: 72,610
acorn worm: Any of a class (Enteropneusta) of hemichordate, wormlike animals that inhabit shallow burrows in mud or sand flats of intertidal zones and are equipped with an acornlike proboscis used for digging and collecting food
army worm: A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and other crops
army worm: The larva of a small two-winged fly (Sciara), which marches in large companies, in regular order
army worm: See Cotton worm, under Cotton
army worm: The name is often applied to other related species, as the cotton worm
army worm: The common army worm of the northern United States is Leucania unipuncta
arrow worm: Any of various small slender marine worms of the phylum Chaetognatha having a narrow, almost transparent body and sickle-shaped bristles on each side of the mouth
beard worm: slender animal with tentacles and a tubelike outer covering; lives on the deep ocean bottom
bladder worm: encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm
bladder worm: The bladderlike, encysted larva of the tapeworm that is characteristic of the cysticercus stage
caddis worm: The aquatic wormlike larva of the caddis fly, enclosed in a cylindrical case covered with grains of sand, fragments of shell, and other debris
ear worm: {i} tune or melody or song that gets stuck in a person's mind and the person repeats it over and over in his/her head
filarial worm: Any of a group of parasitic nematodes that usually require two hosts to complete the life cycle: an arthropod and another animal, which is bitten by the arthropod. The female worm produces large numbers of microscopic, active embryos, called microfilariae, that pass into the bloodstream of the primary host. These enter the body of an insect when it bites the infected animal; within the insect the microfilariae grow into larvae, which are passed to an animal the insect bites, where they complete their growth. See also heartworm
galley worm: centipede
glow worm: beetle or wingless firefly which emits a greenish light
glow-worm: A glow-worm is a type of beetle which produces light from its body. an insect that produces a small amount of light from its body
grugru worm: It is eaten by the natives, and esteemed a delicacy
grugru worm: The larva or grub of a large South American beetle (Calandra palmarum), which lives in the pith of palm trees and sugar cane
guinea worm: parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates
guinea worm: A long threadlike nematode worm (Dracunculus medinensis) of tropical Asia and Africa that is a subcutaneous parasite of humans and other mammals and causes ulcerative lesions on the legs and feet. or medina worm or dragon worm Nematode (Dracunculus medinensis) that is a common parasite of humans and other mammals in tropical Asia and Africa and has been introduced into the West Indies and tropical South America. The female grows to 20-48 in. (50-120 cm) long; the male, which dies upon mating, is only about 0.5-1.1 in. (12-29 mm) long. Both sexes live in the connective tissue of the host animal. Humans become infected when they drink water containing tiny crustaceans (e.g., copepods) that have eaten guinea-worm larvae. The disease the guinea worm carries, called dracunculiasis, can be extremely debilitating and painful
guinea worm disease: a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin
hair worm: A nematoid worm of the genus Gordius, resembling a hair
horsehair worm: Any of various slender aquatic worms of the phylum Nematomorpha, the larvae of which are parasitic within insects. Also called hairworm. or hairworm or gordian worm Any of about 250-300 species (class Nematomorpha, or Gordiacea; phylum Aschelminthes) of long, thin worms. The young are parasites in arthropods; the adults are free-living in the sea or in freshwater. The hairlike body sometimes grows to a length of about 39 in. (1 m)
malt worm: {i} (Slang) drunkard, tippler
measuring worm: small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
palolo worm: A polystome worm (Palolo viridis) that burrows in the coral reefs of certain of the Pacific Islands
palolo worm: A little before the last quarter of the moon in October and November, they swarm in vast numbers at the surface of the sea for breeding, and are gathered and highly esteemed as food by the natives
palolo worm: An allied species inhabits the tropical Atlantic and swarms in June or July
peanut worm: small unsegmented marine worm that when disturbed retracts its anterior portion into the body giving the appearance of a peanut
ribbon worm: soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract
segmented worm: annelid: worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally
span worm: inchworm, type of small caterpillar
stomach worm: Any of various parasitic nematode worms that infest the stomachs of animals, especially Haemonchus contortus, a parasite of sheep and other ruminants
the early bird catches the worm: one who arrives early has the advantage, he who comes first receives the benefits
thread worm: parasitic worm that lives in the intestines
tongue worm: Any of numerous tongue-shaped, soft-bodied, colorless invertebrates of the phylum Pentastoma that live embedded in the lungs, nostrils, or nasal sinuses of various mammals, reptiles, and birds, especially in tropical and subtropical regions. Also called pentastome
tongue worm: wormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth; parasitic in nasal sinuses of mammals
tube worm: Any of numerous species of sedentary, solitary or colonial, marine worms that spend their entire life in a tube made from special secretions or from sand grains glued together. Found worldwide, tube worms range from less than an inch (25 mm) to more than 20 ft (6 m) long. The bottom of the tube is attached to the seafloor; the mouth and tentacles are at the upper, open end. The worm breathes through gills, the tentacles, or the body wall. The tentacles, variously arranged, are used to filter-feed aquatic plants and animals. Tube worms occur in the annelid class Polychaeta and in the phyla Phoronida and Pogonophora. Many, mostly unnamed, forms live in deep-ocean vent communities
wormed: past of worm
wormed: Penetrated by worms; injured by worms; worm-eaten; as, wormed timber
worming: present participle of worm
worms: {i} type of legless invertebrate; type of intestinal parasite
worms: City of s central west Germany, on the Rhine
worms: An infestation where worms live as parasites in the human body
worms: These programs spread in a computer network and, like viruses-"companions", don't change files or sectors on disks They penetrate the computer's memory from a computer network, calculate network addresses of other computers and send their own copies to these addresses Such "viruses" (Worms are not viruses in the strict sense) sometimes start files on the system disks, but can't apply themselves to computer resources (with the exception of main memory) generally
worms: Plural of worm
worms: Worms are like a viruses in that they try to copy (replicate) themselves over the network and onto another computer through an unprotected shared folder or directory The Loveletter virus is really a worm written in Visual Basic Script programming language and its filename ends in VBS This worm is included in an e-mail attachment with the filename LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU TXT vbs
worms: Third-person singular simple present of to worm
worms: A computer program that can make copies of itself Alternatively, on the Web, a worm is synonymous with a robot

Türkisch - Englisch

Definition von worm im Türkisch Englisch wörterbuch: worm(write-once-read-many)
worm sürücüsü: (Bilgisayar) worm drive

worm

Türkische aussprache

wırm

Aussprache

/ˈwərm/ /ˈwɜrm/

Etymologie

[ 'w&rm ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English wyrm 'snake, dragon, worm', from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (compare Dutch worm, German Wurm), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis 'serpent, worm' (compare Welsh gwraint 'worms in skin', Latin vermis 'worm', Lithuanian var̃mas 'insect, midge', Old Church Slavonic vermije 'insects; grasshoppers', Albanian rrime 'rainworm', Ancient Greek rhómos 'woodworm'), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wer- 'to turn'. First computer usage by John Brunner in his 1975 book The Shockwave Rider.