Meaning of fork bomb | Babel Free

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A program that creates a large number of self-replicating tasks or processes in a computer system in order to cause a denial of service.

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“In contrast to the wabbit's slow growth, a fork bomb quickly generates multiple copies itself.”

“By using the limits described in this chapter, you can mitigate the risk of a fork bomb by restricting the maximum number of processes that a single user can invoke. While the fork bomb can still cause your system to become highly loaded, […]”

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