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VIRUS logo #10101) Flucause
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Virus logo #10101) Arborvirus 2) Arbovirus 3) Bacteriophage 4) Bacteriophagic 5) Bacteriophagous 6) Bug 7) Disease 8) Flu 9) Illness 10) Influenza 11) Phage 12) Plague
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Virus logo #10101) Attacker from a hacker 2) Bad strain 3) Big computer bug 4) Bug first discovered in 1898 5) Bug of a sort 6) Cause of common ailment 7) Chickenpox cause 8) Commodore 64 game 9) Common cold cause 10) Common winter complaint 11) Computer attacker 12) Computer concern 13) Computer crasher 14) Computer danger
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Virus logo #21002• (v. i.) Contagious or poisonous matter, as of specific ulcers, the bite of snakes, etc.; -- applied to organic poisons. • (v. i.) The special contagion, inappreciable to the senses and acting in exceedingly minute quantities, by which a disease is introduced into the organism and maintained there. • (v. i.) Fig.: Any morbid corrupt...
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Virus logo #20556a computer program which can replicate itself (unbeknown to the user) in various storage devices and in several places on one storage device - as discs are taken from one computer to another, the virus can be spread to more and more computers - often, the effect of these programs is to cause malicious damage to data within the computer system
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Virus logo #22512A length of nucleic acid which is surrounded by a protein coat.
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Virus logo #20003a group of submicroscopic infective agents that are considered nonliving complex molecules.
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Virus logo #20472(Digital cameras and photo printers) Describes a part of a computer program that usually causes damage or destruction of software and/or data.
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Virus logo #20577A computer program that replicates by attaching itself to another object.
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virus logo #20973<virology> Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites of living but noncellular nature, consisting of DNA or RNA and a protein coat. They range in diameter from 20-300nm. ... Class I viruses (Baltimore classification) have double stranded DNA as their genome. ... Class II have a single stranded DNA genome. ... Class III have a double strand...
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virus logo #21001(vi´rәs) any member of a unique class of infectious agents, originally distinguished by their smallness because they could pass through fine ceramic filters that blocked all cells, as well as by their inability to replicate unless they were inside a living host cell receiving its assistance. Because these properti...
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Virus logo #22643A computer program with a hidden code, designed to infect a computer without the owners knowledge, and which causes harm to the computer or destroys data, etc
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Virus logo #10444A infective agent with a specific structure and able to cause its own multiplication after infection of specific cell
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virus logo #10444(Learning Modules / Geography / Geography of health) A micro-organism that invades cells and uses cellular mechanisms to create multiple copies of itself.
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virus logo #10444(Variation and inheritance) ultramicroscopic non-cellular organism that replicates itself inside the cells of living hosts
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virus logo #10444A computer programme that replicates by copying itself. The term virus is often used to describe a virus or a worm.
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Virus logo #20972Vi'rus noun [ Latin , a slimy liquid, a poisonous liquid, poison, stench; akin to Greek ... poison, Sanskrit visha . Confer Wizen , intransitive verb ] 1. (Medicine) (a) Contagious or poisonous matter, as of specific ulcers, the bite of snake...
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Virus logo #21156A chunk of computer programming code that makes copies of itself without any concious human intervention. Some viruses do more than simply replicate themselves, they might display messages, install other software or files, delete software of files, etc. A virus requires the presence of some other program to replicate itself. Typically viruses sprea...
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virus logo #21351(L: virus slimy liquid, poison) a disease-producing agent, parasitic in an organism, unable to multiply outside its host. A virus is very small and is visible only under an electron-microscope (after enormous effort). Some viruses can be crystallised without losing their ability to infect. A virus is a package of DNA without the cell machinery to m...
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Virus logo #24150A group of infectious agents characterized by their inability to reproduce outside of a living host cell. Viruses may subvert the host cells' normal functions, causing the cell to behave in a manner determined by the virus.
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Virus logo #23734 A tiny organism that multiples within cells and causes disease such as
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Virus logo #20753(viruses) Type of organism that 'breeds' by getting into the cells of another organism. In doing this, they often cause disease. For example, flu is caused by a virus. Viruses are tiny and can only be seen under a microscope. Some viruses contribute to causing cancer by causing mutations in genes.
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virus logo #20974computer virus noun 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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virus logo #21221(computing) In computing, a piece of software that can replicate and transfer itself from one computer to another, without the user being aware of it. Some viruses are relatively harmless, but many can damage or destroy data. Antivirus software can be used to detect and destroy well-known ...
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virus logo #21221(medicine) Click images to enlargeInfectious particle consisting of a core of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) enclosed in a protein shell. They are extremely small and cause disease. They differ from all other forms of life in that they are not...
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