1.any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
2.a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
3.a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network;
worms take advantage of automatic file sending and receiving features found on many computers
4.screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
1.to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling);
The prisoner writhed in discomfort
worm,一般解釋為蠕蟲。一般認為蠕蟲是一種通過網絡傳播的主動攻擊的惡性計算機病毒,是計算機病毒的子類。早期惡意代碼的主要形式是計算機病毒COHE1985 COHE1989 COHE1990。1988年“Morris”蠕蟲爆發后,Spafford為了區分蠕蟲和病毒,對病毒重新進行了定義,他認為:“計算機病毒是一段代碼,能把自身加到其他程序包括操作系統上;它不能獨立運行,需要由它的宿主程序運行來激活它”SPAF1988。而網絡蠕蟲強調自身的主動性和獨立性。worm在磁帶的術語里是一寫多讀,worm還是星際爭霸2中出現的新兵種,具備運輸本族單位的能力。