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sorcerer's apprentice mode: n. [from Goethe's Der Zauberlehrling via Paul
Dukas's L'apprenti sorcier in the film
Fantasia.] A bug in a protocol where, under some
circumstances, the receipt of a message causes multiple messages to be
sent, each of which, when received, triggers the same bug. Used esp. of
such behavior caused by bounce message loops in
email software. Compare
broadcast storm, network meltdown,
software laser, ARMM.
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