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zip bomb

malicious archive file designed to crash or render useless the program or system reading it
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zip bomb

Summary

zip bomb ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (651 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • zip bomb's image is recorded as Archivbomben VirtualBox Ubuntu 22.10 18 12 2022 12 27 59.png[2].
  • zip bomb's subclass of is recorded as malware[3].
  • zip bomb's subclass of is recorded as archive file format[4].
  • zip bomb's Commons category is recorded as Archive bombs[5].
  • zip bomb's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fljsp[6].
  • zip bomb's described at URL is recorded as https://encyclopedia.kaspersky.com/glossary/zip-bomb[7].
  • zip bomb's model item is recorded as 42.zip[8].
  • zip bomb's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779378037[9].

Why It Matters

zip bomb ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (651 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). zip bomb. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/zip-bomb
MLA “zip bomb.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/zip-bomb.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_zip-bomb_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{zip bomb}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/zip-bomb}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): zip bomb — https://4ort.xyz/entity/zip-bomb (retrieved 2026-04-10)

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