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A zombie is traditionally an undead person in Haitian folklore, and is regularly encountered in fictional horror and fantasy themed works.

Zombi, Zombie, or Zomby may also refer to:

People

  • Rob Zombie (born 1965), born Robert Cummings, former lead singer of White Zombie
  • "The Zombie" (born 1976), the ring name for Tim Arson, professional wrestler
  • Zomby (born 1980), British music producer

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

Films

Music

Groups

Albums

Songs

Gaming

Studio

Media

Games

Literature

  • Le Zombie, a 1938-2001 science-fiction fanzine published by Bob Tucker
  • Zombie (novel), a 1995 novel by Joyce Carol Oates
  • Zom-B, a 2012–16 zombie apocalyptic novel series by Darren Shan

Computing

  • Zombie (computing), a compromised computer used to perform malicious tasks
  • Zombie object, in garbage-collected object-oriented programming languages, an object that has been finalized but then resurrected
  • Zombie process, on Unix-like OS, a process that has completed execution but still has an entry in the process table
  • ZombieLoad, a security vulnerability on certain Intel processors

Finance

  • Zombie bank, a financial institution with an economic net worth less than zero that continues to operate because of implicit or explicit government support
  • Zombie company, a company that needs bailouts in order to operate, or an indebted company that is able to repay the interest on its debts but not repay the principal

Invertebrates

  • Zombie ant, an ant infected by the parasitic fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis
  • Zombie fly, a fly, Apocephalus borealis, that lays eggs in honeybees, which then become "zombees"
  • Zombie spider, a spider, Cyclosa argenteoalba, infected by Reclinervellus nielseni

Other uses

See also

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