botnet /bätˌnet/ (noun)

Post date: Oct 23, 2009 7:21:17 AM

botnet /bätˌnet/

noun: botnet; plural noun: botnets

1. a network of private computers infected with malicious software and controlled as a group without the owners' knowledge, e.g., to send spam messages.

Seussian \so͞osiən\ (adjective)

relating to or characteristic of the Dr. Seuss series of children's books, especially in being whimsical or fantastical.

"the place is clearly recognizable as the remnants of a Gothic cathedral, but with an unreal Seussian quality"