COMPUTER VIRUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does computer virus mean? • COMPUTER VIRUS (noun)
The noun COMPUTER VIRUS has 1 sense:
1. a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
Familiarity information: COMPUTER VIRUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• COMPUTER VIRUS (noun)
Meaning:
A software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
computer virus; virus
Context example:
a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance
Hypernyms ("computer virus" is a kind of...):
malevolent program (a computer program designed to have undesirable or harmful effects)
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