"XML bomb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: XML bombs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} XML bomb (plural XML bombs)
  1. (computer security) A malicious XML file designed to consume a lot of memory as a result of the expansion of entities within the markup during parsing. Categories (topical): Computer security, Malware Related terms: billion laughs
    Sense id: en-XML_bomb-en-noun-IIRHTrFk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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