The word zombie refers to the ‘living dead’. In folklore zombies are portrayed as innocent victims who are raised in a comas state from their graves, often by sorcerers or witches, and led to distant farms or villages where they toil indefinitely as slaves. Zombies are recognized by their docile nature, by their glassy empty eyes, and by the evident absence of will, memory, and emotion. Part of their souls may also be captured by the sorcerers. Zombies can only return to the world of the living upon the death of their masters. Accounts are sometimes cited of actual people who have undergone this ordeal, were declared dead, and later turned up at the homes of their kin in various degrees of health.

Sources indicate that the word is of African origin. The cadaver or spirit of a deceased person is called zumbi in the Bonda language, ndzumbi in Gabon, and nzambi in Kongo. However, the conviction that zombies exist is more widespread. It is encountered not only in sub-Saharan Africa, but also in the Caribbean and in Latin America.

The word zombie also has several other meanings, for example in computing the word “zombie” designates A process that has died but has not yet relinquished its process table slot. A zombie is also used to refer to a computer infected to a virus, worm or a Trojan horse and which is being remotely controlled.

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