Usually means: Self-replicating process crashes system quickly.
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  3. Fork bomb: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. fork bomb: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. fork bomb: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (fork bomb)

noun:  (computing) 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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