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virus, computer virus | 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 | [in 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 | |
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virus | a harmful or corrupting agency |