Zombie

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Hyphenation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Translations 1.3 Sources

English

Hyphenation

zom·bie

Noun

Singular zombie

Plural zombies

1. A snake god in religions of West Africa and elsewhere
2. (Fiction) A person that is undead.
3. A person that was said to die and come back to life.
4. A person that is apathetic.
5. An information worker who has signed a non-disclosure clause, in return for employment.
6. (Computers) 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.
7. (Computers) A PC affected by a virus which causes it to send out large amounts of spam without the user’s knowledge.
8. A drink of rum and fruit juices

Synonyms

• (2) vampire, living dead
• (4) lifeless, soulless
• (5) intellectual prostitute
• (6) defunct

Derived terms

• zombify

Translations

the undead

Greek: ζόμπι

Lithuanian: zombis m

Sources

• August 2, 2004, "EE Times: Beware 'zombie' clausesfr:zombie

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