Определение zombie в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
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
A computer affected by malware which causes it to do whatever the attacker wants it to do without the user's knowledge
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?.
(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
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
{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
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
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
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
A person who is undead; a corpse reanimated by a supernatural force or a spell, with no soul and no will of its own
A computer affected by malware which causes it to do whatever the attacker wants it to do without the users knowledge
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
In horror stories and some religions, a zombie is a dead person who has been brought back to life
A dead program or process that occupies memory but is no longer functional but will not go away
[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}
A supernatural power or spell that according to voodoo belief can enter into and reanimate a corpse Or a corpse revived in this way
{i} walking dead, dead returned to life, dead body controlled by supernatural power; space cadet, term used for apathetic or drugged person; mixed drink made of several kinds of rum or liqueur and fruit juice
In Vodou, a dead person who is revived after burial and compelled to do the bidding of the reviver, including criminal acts and heavy manual labour. It is believed that actual zombis are living persons under the influence of powerful drugs, including burundanga (a drug reportedly used by Colombian criminals) and drugs derived from poisonous toads and puffer fish
a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body