A fork bomb (also called rabbit virus or hydra virus) is a denial-of-service (DoS) attack against a computer where a process continually replicates itself to deplete available system resources, slowing down or crashing the system due to resource starvation. == History == Around 1978, an early variant of a fork bomb called wabbit was reported to run on a System/360.
A fork bomb (also called rabbit virus or hydra virus) is a denial-of-service (DoS) attack against a computer where a process continually replicates itself to deplete available system resources, slowing down or crashing the system due to resource starvation. == History == Around 1978, an early variant of a fork bomb called wabbit was reported to run on a System/360.
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