Engelsk substantiv: virus | |||
1. | virus (om dyr) (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | infectious agent, infective agent, micro-organism, microorganism | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | animal virus, arborvirus, arbovirus, bacteriophage, phage, plant virus, slow virus, tumor virus, vector | ||
Overordnet kategori | virology | ||
Forekomster i samme kategori | atrophic arthritis, inoculant, inoculum, rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis, virion | ||
2. | virus (om tilstand) a harmful or corrupting agency | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread. The virus of jealousy is latent in everyone. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | agency, delegacy, representation | ||
3. | virus (om kommunikasjon) a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | computer virus | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | malevolent program | ||