rabbit job

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

rabbit job
 n.

   [Cambridge] A batch job that does little, if any, real work, but
   creates one or more copies of itself, breeding like rabbits. Compare
   {wabbit}, {fork bomb}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

rabbit job

   (Cambridge) A batch job that does little, if any, real work,
   but creates one or more copies of itself, breeding like
   rabbits.

   Compare {wabbit}, {fork bomb}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1994-11-09)

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