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virus

英/vˈaɪɹəs/
美/ˈvaɪɹəs/
01n.

病毒, 滤过性病毒, 毒害

(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; a harmful or corrupting agency; a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer