a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
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virus::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | computer virus |
| Type of | malevolent program |
a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | delegacy, agency, representation |
bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread.
the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone.
virus::noun | Spocien Dictionary
(virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | infectious agent, micro-organism, microorganism, infective agent |
| Has types | animal virus, arborvirus, phage, plant virus, arbovirus, slow virus, tumor virus, vector, bacteriophage |
| Derivation | viral |
