Meaning of virus
Definition of virus
(noun)
(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
a
harmful
or
corrupting
agency; "bigotry is a virus that
must
not be allowed to spread"; "the virus of
jealousy
is
latent
in everyone"
a
software
program
capable
of reproducing itself and
usually
capable
of
causing
great
harm
to files or
other
programs on the
same
computer; "a
true
virus cannot
spread
to
another
computer
without
human
assistance"
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