COMPUTER VIRUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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; virus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("computer virus" is a kind of...):

malevolent program (a computer program designed to have undesirable or harmful effects)

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