Word: wormed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Morris, 23, who is on a leave of absence from Cornell's doctoral program in computer science, declined to be interviewed by the commission, which was left to speculate as to the reasons Morris created the "worm...
Technically, the program was not a "virus," which inserts itself into a host program to propagate; it was actually a "worm," or an independent program that endlessly duplicates itself once placed in a computer system...
...Cornell panel rejected the idea that Morris created the worm to point out the need for greater computer security...
According to Andrew H. Sudduth '83-'85, one ofthe two Harvard affiliates contacted by Morriswhen the worm spread out of control, Morris wassurprised and alarmed at the program's progressand had Sudduth broadcast a warning to computerusers nationwide...
...anywhere in the universe -- even to a spot billions of light-years away. The name wormhole comes about by analogy: imagine a fly on an apple. The only way the fly can reach the apple's other side is the long way, over the fruit's surface. But a worm could bore a tunnel through the apple, shortening the trip considerably. A wormhole in space is the same sort of tunnel; it is a shortcut from one part of the universe to another that reduces the travel time to just about zero...