worm
/wɜːm/ noun [C] ITDefinition
› a computer program that can send copies of itself to other computers and is designed to prevent the computers from working normally: When users click an infected attachment, the worm opens a "back door" that hackers can use.
(Definition of worm noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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