"computer virus" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: computer viruses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} computer virus (plural computer viruses)
  1. (computing) A program which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks and USB drives, often causing damage to systems and data. Wikipedia link: computer virus Categories (topical): Computer security, Computing, Malware Synonyms: virus Hyponyms: Trojan horse Related terms: malware Translations (computer virus — see also virus): камп'ю́тарны ві́рус (kampʺjútarny vírus) [masculine] (Belarusian), компю́търен ви́рус (kompjútǎren vírus) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 電腦病毒 (Chinese Mandarin), 电脑病毒 (diànnǎo bìngdú) (Chinese Mandarin), počítačový virus [masculine] (Czech), computervirus (Danish), computervirus [neuter] (Dutch), komputviruso (Esperanto), komputila viruso (Esperanto), telduvirus (Faroese), tietokonevirus (Finnish), virus informatique [masculine] (French), Computervirus [masculine, neuter] (German), ιός υπολογιστή (iós ypologistí) [masculine] (Greek), számítógépes vírus (Hungarian), tölvuveira [feminine] (Icelandic), tölvuvírus [masculine] (Icelandic), víreas ríomhaireachta [masculine] (Irish), コンピュータウイルス (Japanese), datorvīruss [masculine] (Latvian), datavirus (Norwegian Bokmål), datavirus (Norwegian Nynorsk), wirus komputerowy [masculine] (Polish), vírus de computador [masculine] (Portuguese), компьютерный вирус (english: kompʹjuternyj virus) [masculine] (Russian), virus informático [masculine] (Spanish), datorvirus [neuter] (Swedish), datavirus [neuter] (Swedish), bilgisayar virüsü (Turkish), комп'ю́терний ві́рус (kompʺjúternyj vírus) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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