Fork Bomb
Noun · Open Source
Definitions
A denial-of-service pattern where processes recursively spawn more processes until the system exhausts its resources. The term is especially associated with Unix shell examples that demonstrate how quickly uncontrolled process creation can overwhelm a machine.
In plain English: A process explosion that overwhelms a system by endlessly creating more processes.
Example: "The sandbox survived everything except the accidental fork bomb someone pasted from a joke thread."