virus

  • 51virus — noun 1 sth that causes disease; a disease ADJECTIVE ▪ deadly, killer, lethal ▪ nasty ▪ virulent ▪ infectious ▪ …

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  • 52virus —    A program intended to damage a computer system without the user s knowledge or permission.    A virus clones itself from disk to disk or from system to system over a network.    Numbers are hard to come by, but certain authorities claim that… …

    Dictionary of networking

  • 53virus — 01. He got really sick after catching some kind of [virus] from a co worker. 02. They got some kind of computer [virus] which deleted all the data on their hard drive. 03. The old man came down with [viral] pneumonia, and died soon after. 04. HIV …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 54virus */*/*/ — UK [ˈvaɪrəs] / US noun [countable] Word forms virus : singular virus plural viruses 1) a) biology a simple living thing that is smaller than bacteria and that can enter your body and make you ill. If your body can protect itself against a… …

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  • 55virus — vi|rus [ vaırəs ] noun count *** 1. ) a simple living thing that is smaller than a BACTERIUM and can enter your body and make you sick. If your body can protect itself against a particular virus then you are immune to it. A vaccine is a medicine… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 56virus — [[t]va͟ɪ͟ərəs[/t]] ♦♦♦ viruses 1) N COUNT A virus is a kind of germ that can cause disease. There are many different strains of flu virus. ...HIV, the virus believed to cause AIDS. 2) N COUNT In computer technology, a virus is a program that… …

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  • 57virus — bug, virus In their biochemical senses the distinction between these two words is clear enough, but in their extension to the domain of computing and the Internet they are sometimes confused. A bug is a fault usually occurring through error in a… …

    Modern English usage

  • 58virus — {{#}}{{LM V40050}}{{〓}} {{[}}virus{{]}} ‹vi·rus› {{◆}}(pl. virus){{◇}} {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} Microrganismo de estructura sencilla, capaz de reproducirse en el seno de células vivas específicas, que está compuesto fundamentalmente por ácido… …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 59virus — vi|rus [ˈvaıərəs US ˈvaırəs] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: thick slippery liquid, poison, bad smell ] 1.) [U and C] a very small living thing that causes infectious illnesses ▪ children infected with the Aids virus ▪ a virus infection 2.)… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 60virus — Any program which spreads itself secretly. It reproduces within a computer, and also will go to other computers if possible (through file transfers). At a certain point in time, the virus will do something (anything from say Boo to something… …

    Dictionary of telecommunications