A
malign infomorph
that uses perversion attacks to increase its own power. Like a computer virus,
but with intelligence. [First used by Vernor Vinge in A Fire Upon the Deep].
A
malign infomorph
that uses perversion attacks to increase its own power. Like a computer virus,
but with intelligence. [First used by Vernor Vinge in A Fire Upon the Deep,
1992].
An
intelligent, more or less expansive hegemonic swarm,
overrunning other systems
and using their resources to further its ends. The term is also often used
for qlippoth
in general. [Vernor Vinge]
