Virus Meaning

There are 3 meaning(s) for word Virus

Meaning 1 : a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer

    Example : a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance

    Synonyms : computer virus
Meaning 2 : a harmful or corrupting agency

    Example : bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread,the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone

Meaning 3 : (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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