English word virus comes from Latin virus (Poison, venom. Slimy liquid, slime.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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virus | Latin (lat) | Poison, venom. Slimy liquid, slime. |
virus | English (en) | (archaic) Venom, as produced by a poisonous animal etc.. (computing) A program which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks, often causing damage to systems and data; also computer virus.. A disease caused by these organisms.. A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA [...] |