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Fork Bomb

Fork Bomb: A Fork Bomb works by using the fork() call to create a new process which is a copy of the original.

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A Fork Bomb works by using the fork() call to create a new process which is a copy of the original. By doing this repeatedly, all available processes on the machine can be taken up.

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