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Worm
Worm 1. A computer program that propagates itself from one computer to another on a network. The most famous of these was the
INTERNET WORM.
2. A program which accesses the Internet, usually the
WORLD WIDE WEB, catalogues the
WEB SITES that it visits and constructs databases used by a
SEARCH ENGINE.
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Worms the newest squirmy underground hit
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 6/18/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...other useful things to know about worms. What is a worm, anyway? According to the Encyclopedia...Allan Poe's "The Conqueror Worm." Worms are athletic. Cross-dressing...Dennis Rodman is known as "The Worm." Worms are musical. Danny Kaye sang...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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WORMS TURN OUR GARBAGE INTO COMPOST.(AT HOME)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 1/2/1994; 700+ words
; ...those nasty stereotypes of worms as worthless blighters. Ask not for whom the worm toils. It toils for thee. Invite worms to lunch; they'll stick...they bury garbage in the worm bin, and how long it takes for the worms to do their work. A whole...
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Worms get taste for waste
Newspaper article from: The Press; 6/25/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Chase Devaliet said worms could deal with cow...compacted pasture. ``Worm growing is an ideal...Christchurch to contract worm growers in the South Island. He studied worms for about eight years...garden programme on worm farming and naturalist...Darwin's book on worms convinced him ...
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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WORMS WORK FOR A BETTER EARTH; WOMAN'S COMPOSTING BUSINESS IN EAST SYRACUSE HELPS REDUCE WASTE STREAM.(Local)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 11/15/2006; 700+ words
; ...or 470-2274. Worm compost Red wigglers...passing through the worms' bodies. Compost...to find some red worms for a customer last week at Upstate Worm Farms in East Syracuse...some of the red worms that she raises at Upstate Worm Farms in East Syracuse...
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Worms give natural boost to gardens
Newspaper article from: The Topeka Capital-Journal; 3/16/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...first order for 1,500 worms, she quickly found herself in the worm business. "They kept...disease-resistant. Red worms and worm castings are only a...RISING MIST ORGANIC FARM Worm farm online: www...Organic fertilizer, red worms, recycling bin, harvesters...
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Worm Digs Its Way into Computers Worldwide.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 8/13/2003; 700+ words
; ...users attacked yesterday by a virus-like worm that has been rapidly spreading across the world. The worm, dubbed Blaster, MSBlaster, LoveSan and...Microsoft that fixes the flaw that let the worm in. For Ross, the worm made it difficult...
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 "Elm Leaves (Elmwood Park, IL)")
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Worms turn up at Elmwood Park library
Newspaper article from: Elm Leaves (Elmwood Park, IL); 7/17/2002; ; 639 words
; ...s composting with worms, making fertilizer out of worm waste," she said...the bottom of the worm bed. Then, they put peat moss and worms on top of the newspaper...foods will make the worms produce the most castings, worm waste used for fertilizer...
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Farm worms way to success
Newspaper article from: The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL; 5/2/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...well as European bait worms and Alabama jumpers...company also sells worm castings or excretions...that begins with tiny worm eggs and ends with...filled with mature worms. Because individual...Unlike most bait worms, the European variety...The nutrient-rich worm castings get ...
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WORM BURROWS INTO LOCAL COMPUTERS
Newspaper article from: Evansville Courier & Press; 8/20/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Evansville who were infected. The worm, one of the most virulent e-mail worms ever, appeared briefly at Sigecom...destruct on Sept. 10. The Blaster Worm and its variants have created...worldwide in the last week. The worms, which exploit a weakness in...
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Klez Worm Is Most Prolific Virus Of The Year Windows 32 Viruses Take Clean Sweep of 2002 Virus Chart.
PR Newswire; 12/4/2002; 700+ words
; ...the Klez and Yaha worms substituted the email...real sender of the worm with that of an alternative...author of the Melissa worm, which was the inspiration...subsequent email-aware worms, was sentenced in...three mass-mailer worms, including the Gokar worm. He is due to appear...
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Worms et Cie
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Worms et Cie 55, rue de la Boetie 75008 Paris...Stock Exchanges: Paris Ticker Symbol: Worms SICs: 6719 Holding Companies, Not Elsewhere...illustrious names in French financial history, Worms et Cie has functioned since the 1980s primarily...
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Worms
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce
WORMS Worms are destructive, self...Once a user activates a worm — usually by opening...computers to crash. Some worms also erase or alter files. Among the most well-known worms were Worm.ExploreZip, LoveLetter...
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Guinea Worm Infection
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...eradication of guinea worm infection is a goal...To survive, guinea worms require three things...drugs to combat the worms has had mixed results. Prognosis If the worm is completely removed...foot, or if several worms are involved, healing...complicated if the worm breaks during ...
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worm
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...fruit or wood, e.g., army worm , woodworm . ∎...of other animals that resemble worms in some way, e.g., slow-worm , shipworm . ∎...eat buried corpses: food for worms. ∎ Comput...
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Ribbon Worms
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...with a stylet. A ribbon worm ’ s food consists of segmented worms and small crustaceans...and error. Whenever the worm is successful in this...separate in nearly all marine worms, but freshwater and terrestrial...hermaphroditic. An individual worm has multiple testes or...
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