Glossary of Data Communications Terms

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Term: bacterium (informal)
Definition: a program which, when executed, spreads to other users and systems by sending copies of itself; since it infects other programs, it may be thought of as a system virus as opposed to a program virus. It differs from a rabbit in that it is not necessarily designed to exhaust system resources.

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