forkbomb
jaromil

A forkbomb (see related project descriptions) implemented as a single-line/13 characters Unix shell script. In other words: You just have to type these 13 characters (which superficially resemble smilies or ASCII art) on the command line/the terminal window of any computer running a Unix-like operating system:

:(){ :|:& };:

The most elegant forkbomb code ever written.

jaromil's text on forkbomb:
ENG: http://www.digitalcraft.org/?artikel_id=292
ITA: http://www.noemalab.com/sections/ideas/ideas_articles/jaromil_viruses.html#ita
DEU: http://www.digitalcraft.org/index.php?artikel_id=278

feature about this project: forkbomb


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project homepage: http://amsterdam.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-bold-0203/msg00784.html
keywords: subversive-obfuscated-dangerous-ascii-process-
minimalistic-cute-algorithmic-unix-open_source-
hackerly-conceptual-abuse
category: system dysfunctionality/denial of service
uploaded by cantsin, 28 Feb 2003




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