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Glossary of Computer and Internet Terms
A glossary of computer and Internet terms with definitions that are easy to understand.
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Worm

There are two meanings for the term worm, the first is a virus that does not cause any damage to your files or computer but it multiplies and as it does so it takes up more and more space on your computers memory. Eventually this will cause your computer to run very slowly and even crash so it is important to have good Anti-virus protection to stop these unnoticed invaders. The second term refers to optical storage and stands for Write Once Read Many and this means a disc can be written on once but read many times over. One problem with WORMS discs is that unlike CD-Rs or DVD-Rs WORMs are only compatible with the system that they were written on meaning they cannot be read in other drives.