"zombie computer" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1999, Brian Fonseca, “\"Denial-of-service attacks employ zombie PCs to hit networks\"”, in Infoworld Daily News:",
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        "A computer connected to the Internet that has been compromised by a hacker via a computer virus, computer worm, or Trojan horse program and can be used to perform malicious tasks under the remote direction of the hacker."
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        "(computing, networking) A computer connected to the Internet that has been compromised by a hacker via a computer virus, computer worm, or Trojan horse program and can be used to perform malicious tasks under the remote direction of the hacker."
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