zombies

Definition of zombies in English English dictionary: plural of zombie
zombie: A process or task which has terminated but was not removed from the list of processes, typically because it has child processes that have not yet terminated
zombie: A cocktail of rum and fruit juices
zombie: A person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces (such as magic), with no soul or will of his/her own
zombie: A deceased person who becomes reanimate to attack the living
zombie: A snake god in religions of West Africa and elsewhere
zombie: An apathetic person
zombie: A computer affected by malware which causes it to do whatever the attacker wants it to do without the user's knowledge
zombie: Nickname for a conscripted member of the Canadian military during World War II who was assigned to home defence rather than to combat in Europe.The Canadian Encyclopedia, 2nd edition, Hurtig Publishers, Edmonton Canada, 1988. See "National Resources Mobilization Act," p. 1433
Had the time come to order Canada's home defense draftees—some 70,000 zombies idling at home—to battle overseas?.
zombie: A hypothetical person who lacks self awareness
zombie: A person who is apathetic
zombie: several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur
zombie: a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies
zombie: (n ) A process that has terminated but remains in the process table because its parent process has not sent the proper exit code When a user reboots a system, zombie processes are removed from the process table They consume no system resources
zombie: You can describe someone as a zombie if their face or behaviour shows no feeling, understanding, or interest in what is going on around them. Without sleep you will become a zombie at work
zombie: {i} walking dead, dead returned to life, dead body controlled by supernatural power; space cadet, term used for apathetic or drugged person (Slang); mixed drink made of several kinds of rum or liqueur and fruit juice; snake god of voodoo religions (in West India, Brazil and West Africa); user that surfs the Internet for hours and never seems to sleep or get tired; dormant program that is placed through the "backdoor" on a computer
zombie: A completed process whose parent has not waited for it When a child exits, the return status must remain available to the parent, as it may later do a wait4() A zombie holds its place in the process table until the parent waits for it
zombie: An information worker who has signed a nondisclosure agreement
zombie: a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
zombie: someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way; "only an automaton wouldn't have noticed"
zombie: What you look like before that first cup of morning coffee
zombie: A human being in a state of extreme mental exhaustion
zombie: Unix process which has terminated and given up all its resources but has not yet performed its final act of notifying its parent of its demise Zombies continue to occupy slots in the Unix process table
zombie: n [Unix] A process that has died but has not yet relinquished its process table slot (because the parent process hasn't executed a wait(2) for it yet) These can be seen in ps(1) listings occasionally Compare orphan
zombie: A person who is undead; a corpse reanimated by a supernatural force or a spell, with no soul and no will of its own
zombie: A computer affected by malware which causes it to do whatever the attacker wants it to do without the users knowledge
zombie: Similar to fanboy et al, this is most frequently used in the phrase "Marvel zombie" or "mutant zombie" to mean someone that will buy any Marvel or mutant title, no matter what, even if they don't like it The former was made as a joke by Carol Kalish in reference to a letter in Groo soon after Marvel started publishing it The letter stated that the writer hated Groo, but "had to buy it, because it's from Marvel" This is even sillier than it appears, since Groo was not even connected to any other part of the Marvel Universe A Ward Batty-written Trufan Adventures strip in CBG popularized the term
zombie: In horror stories and some religions, a zombie is a dead person who has been brought back to life
zombie: An alcoholic drink made with five types of rum and fruit juices
zombie: (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body
zombie: A dead program or process that occupies memory but is no longer functional but will not go away
zombie: [UNIX] n A process that has died but has not yet relinquished its process table slot (because the parent process hasn't executed a `wait(2)' for it yet) These can be seen in `ps(1)' listings occasionally Compare {orphan}
zombie: A supernatural power or spell that according to voodoo belief can enter into and reanimate a corpse Or a corpse revived in this way
zombie: A drink of rum and fruit juices