Definizione monolingua

virus

virus (plural viruses)

1. (archaic) Venom, as produced by a poisonous animal etc.
2. (pathology, microbiology, virology) A submicroscopic infectious organism, now understood to be a non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat. It requires a living cell to replicate, and often causes disease in the host organism.
   • 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 64)

     Viruses are the smallest and most simplified forms of life.

3. (computing) A computer virus.

Definizione dizionario virus

	virus
	DNA/RNA causing disease
	Submicroscopic agents that infect plants, animals and bacteria, and are unable to reproduce outside the tissues of the host. (Source: ALL)
	Malware that replicates, commonly by infecting other files in the system, thus allowing the execution of the malware code and its propagation when those files are activated.

Altri significati:

(pathology, microbiology, virology) A submicroscopic infectious organism, now understood to be a non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat. It requires a living cell to replicate, and often causes disease in the host organism.

(computing) A computer virus.

Computer program that is designed to damage a computer and that is able to spread itself to other computers.

(archaic) Venom, as produced by a poisonous animal etc.