(ש"ע) וירוס (גם במחשבים), נגיף; (במחשבים) תכנית מחשב המיועדת להיות מופצת בין מחשבים ובד"כ גורמת נזק

n. microorganism which functions as an infectious agent; computer program which is intended to be spread surreptitiously between computers and usually causes damage (Computers)

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Noun
1. (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
(hypernym) microorganism
(hyponym) arbovirus, arborvirus
(classification) virology
(class) virion
2. a harmful or corrupting agency; "bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread"; "the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone"
(hypernym) representation, delegacy, agency
3. 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"
(synonym) computer virus
(hypernym) malevolent program

n. virus, microorganism which functions as an infectious agent; (Computers) computer program which is intended to be spread surreptitiously between computers and usually causes damage

nm. virus, microorganism which functions as an infectious agent; computer program which is intended to be spread surreptitiously between computers and usually causes damage (Computers)