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COMPUTER VIRUS
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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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