virus — meaning in English

English meaning

• bug noun A small insect, or loosely, any small crawling or flying creature.
• virus noun A microscopic infectious agent that can only reproduce inside a living host cell, sometimes causing disease.

Senses

virus is used for these senses in English:

• bug A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.
• bug (informal) An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.
• virus (computing) A type of malware 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.

bug — full definition

1. noun A small insect, or loosely, any small crawling or flying creature.
2. noun An error or flaw in a computer program or piece of software.
3. noun A minor, usually short-lived illness, or the germ that causes it.
4. noun A hidden device used to secretly record or transmit conversations.
5. verb To annoy or irritate someone.

virus — full definition

1. noun A microscopic infectious agent that can only reproduce inside a living host cell, sometimes causing disease.
2. noun A disease caused by such an agent.
3. noun Malicious software that spreads between computers, often damaging files or data.

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