COMPUTER NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK SECURITY AND CYBERSECURITY
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Question
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What program reproduces itself?
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worm
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malware
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virus
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none of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Worms are programs that replicate themselves from system to system without the use of a host file. This is in contrast to viruses, which requires the spreading of an infected host file.
Detailed explanation-2: -A quine is a computer program which takes no input and produces a copy of its own source code as its only output. The standard terms for these programs in the computability theory and computer science literature are “self-replicating programs", “self-reproducing programs", and “self-copying programs".
Detailed explanation-3: -Worms. Computer worms are a type of standalone malware program that can duplicate itself in order to jump to other computers. It uses the computer network to spread itself.
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