Worm (disambiguation)
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A worm
is an elongated soft-bodied
invertebrate animal.
Worm, WORM or Worms, may also refer to:
Worm
The term worm refers to an obsolete taxon used by Carolus Linnaeus and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck for all non-arthropod invertebrate animals, and stems from the Old English word wyrm. Currently it is used to describe many different distantly-related animals that typically have a long cylindrical...
is an elongated soft-bodied
Soft-bodied organisms
The term "soft-bodied organism" is used to describe animals without skeleton, roughly corresponding to the group Vermes as proposed by Carl von Linné. All animals have muscles, but since muscles can only pull, never push, a number of animals have developed hard parts that the muscles can pull on,...
invertebrate animal.
Worm, WORM or Worms, may also refer to:
Places
- WormsWorms, GermanyWorms is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Rhine River. At the end of 2004, it had 85,829 inhabitants.Established by the Celts, who called it Borbetomagus, Worms today remains embattled with the cities Trier and Cologne over the title of "Oldest City in Germany." Worms is the only...
, a city in Rhineland–Palatinate, Germany- Diet of WormsDiet of WormsThe Diet of Worms 1521 was a diet that took place in Worms, Germany, and is most memorable for the Edict of Worms , which addressed Martin Luther and the effects of the Protestant Reformation.It was conducted from 28 January to 25 May 1521, with Emperor Charles V presiding.Other Imperial diets at...
, a general assembly held in this city, notably in 1521
- Diet of Worms
Science and technology
- Computer wormComputer wormA computer worm is a self-replicating malware computer program, which uses a computer network to send copies of itself to other nodes and it may do so without any user intervention. This is due to security shortcomings on the target computer. Unlike a computer virus, it does not need to attach...
, a self-propagating piece of malicious software - Write Once Read ManyWrite Once Read ManyA Write Once Read Many or WORM drive is a data storage device where information, once written, cannot be modified. On ordinary data storage devices, the number of times data can be modified is not limited, except by the rated lifespan of the device, as modification involves physical changes that...
, or WORM, a characteristic of data storage media - Worm, in engineering, a screw-like object that engages with a worm driveWorm driveA worm drive is a gear arrangement in which a worm meshes with a worm gear...
- Worm (marketing)Worm (marketing)The "worm" is a market research analysis tool developed by Roy Morgan Research , with the purpose of gauging an audience's reaction to some visual stimuli over some time period...
, a market-research technique - The NASA logoNASA logoThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo has three main official designs, although the one with stylized red curved text has been retired from official use since 1992...
(worm) which has been retired from official use since 1992 - Ringworm, a fungal disease of the skin
- World Register of Marine SpeciesWorld Register of Marine SpeciesThe World Register of Marine Species is a database that hopes to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms. The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialists on each group of organism. These taxonomists control the quality of the...
, (WoRMS)
People
- Dennis RodmanDennis RodmanDennis Keith Rodman is a retired American Hall of Fame professional basketball player of the National Basketball Association's Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks. Born in Trenton, New Jersey, he was nicknamed "Dennis the Menace" and "The...
, as his nickname - Alfred WormAlfred WormAlfred Worm was an Austrian journalist, author and university professor.-Career:...
(1945–2007), Austrian investigative journalist - Ole WormOle WormOle Worm , who often went by the Latinized form of his name Olaus Wormius, was a Danish physician and antiquary.-Life:...
(1588–1655), Danish physician - Rutger WormRutger WormRutger Worm is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Melbourne Heart in the A-League.-NEC:Rutger started his career in the youth program, Quick 1888, in Nijmegen. He subsequently moved to the Vitesse youth squad in Arnhem for two years before ending up at the NEC football academy in 2000...
(1986), Dutch footballer - A common oilfield term, sometimes derogatory, for a junior roughneckRoughneckRoughneck is a slang term for a person whose occupation is hard-manual labour, typically in a dangerous working environment. The term applies across a number of industries, but is most commonly associated with oil rigs...
or inexperienced oil hand
Entertainment
- Worms (series), a series of Video games from Team17
- Worms (1995 video game)Worms (1995 video game)Worms is an artillery video game developed by Team17 and released in . It is the first game in the Worms series of video games and was initially only available for the Amiga. Later it was ported to other platforms....
, first video game of Worms series
- Worms (1995 video game)
- WORM (AM)WORM (AM)WORM is a radio station broadcasting an oldies music format. Licensed to Savannah, Tennessee, USA, the station is currently owned by Gerald W. Hunt....
, a radio station (1010 AM) licensed to Savannah, Tennessee, United States - WORM-FMWORM-FMWORM-FM is a radio station licensed to serve Savannah, Tennessee, USA. The station is owned by Gerald W. Hunt. It airs a country music format....
, a radio station (101.7 FM) licensed to Savannah, Tennessee, United States - Worm (comics)Worm (comics)Worm is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.-Fictional character biography:Worm was a Savage Land dweller, recruited by the mutant Zaladane to join the Savage Land Mutates as a warrior. He has the ability to secrete a liquid from his hands that, when it comes into contact with the flesh...
, a Marvel Comics character - "Worm", a song by the band MinistryMinistry (band)Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded by lead singer Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the late 1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its most successful album Psalm 69: The Way to...
- Worm, a science fiction novel by John BrosnanJohn BrosnanJohn Raymond Brosnan was an Australian writer of both fiction and non-fiction works based around the fantasy and science fiction genres. He was born in Perth, Western Australia, and died in South Harrow, London, from acute pancreatitis...
- Lester "Worm" Murphy, a character played by Edward Norton in Rounders (1998 film)
- Weapon Of Raid Machines, antagonists in the anime Sky GirlsSky Girlsbegan as a single episode OVA anime by Konami, directed by Yoshiaki Iwasaki and animated by J.C.Staff. The 30 minute episode was released in Japan on August 25, 2006. A television adaptation of Sky Girls started on July 5, 2007, and ended on January 11, 2008.-Story:The Weapon Of Raid Machines ,...
See also
- The Worm (disambiguation)
- DewormingDewormingDeworming is the giving of an anthelmintic drug to an animal to rid it of intestinal parasites, such as roundworm and tapeworm...
, the process of treating dogs and other domestic animals for intestinal parasites - List of fictional worms
- Wyrm, an alternative name for the mythological European dragonEuropean dragonEuropean dragons are legendary creatures in folklore and mythology among the overlapping cultures of Europe.In European folklore, a dragon is a serpentine legendary creature. The Latin word draco, as in constellation Draco, comes directly from Greek δράκων,...