computer virusn.
/kəmˌpjuːtə ˈvʌɪrəs/, U.S. /kəmˈpjudər ˌvaɪrəs/ = virus n. 2d.
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computer virus1984
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1984 F. Cohen in J. H. Finch & E. G. Dougall Computer Security 144 We define a computer ‘virus’ as a program that can ‘infect’ other programs by modifying them to include a possibly evolved copy of itself.
1989 Daily Tel. 14 Oct. 1/1 A computer virus triggered by the date Friday 13th struck computers at Britain's leading charity for the blind.
2001 C. Benard Turning on Girls 163 He had been thinking of a simple computer virus, something to..shut down offices, confuse telescreen broadcasts, bring down the bureaucracy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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