"antivirus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈantɪvʌɪrəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-antivirus.wav Forms: antiviruses [plural]
Etymology: From anti- + virus. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|virus}} anti- + virus Head templates: {{en-noun}} antivirus (plural antiviruses)
  1. (computing) A piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses. Wikipedia link: antivirus Categories (topical): Computing Related terms: antiviral Translations (computing software): антиви́русна програ́ма (antivírusna prográma) [feminine] (Bulgarian), антиви́русна (antivírusna) [colloquial, feminine] (Bulgarian), антиви́русен со́фтуер (antivírusen sóftuer) [masculine] (Bulgarian), antivirus [masculine] (Catalan), 防毒 (fong⁴ duk⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 防毒軟件 (Chinese Cantonese), 防毒软件 (alt: fong⁴ duk⁶ jyun⁵ gin⁶⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 防毒 (fángdú) (Chinese Mandarin), 防病毒 (fángbìngdú) (Chinese Mandarin), 殺毒軟件 (Chinese Mandarin), 杀毒软件 (shādú ruǎnjiàn) (english: antivirus software) (Chinese Mandarin), 防毒軟體 (Chinese Mandarin), 防毒软体 (fángdú ruǎntǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), virustorjuntaohjelma (Finnish), virustorjunta (Finnish), antivirusohjelma (Finnish), antivirus [masculine] (French), antivirus [masculine] (Galician), ანტივირუსი (anṭivirusi) (Georgian), ანტივირუსული პროგრამა (anṭivirusuli ṗrograma) (Georgian), Antivirus [masculine, neuter] (German), Antivirenprogramm (antivirus program) [neuter] (German), Antivirensoftware (english: antivirus software) [feminine] (German), αντιιικό (antiiikó) (Greek), アンチウイルス (anchiuirusu) (Japanese), アンチウィルス (anchiwirusu) (Japanese), 抗ウイルス (kō-uirusu) (Japanese), 抗ウィルス (kō-wirusu) (Japanese), antywirus [masculine] (Polish), antivírus [masculine] (Portuguese), антиви́рус (antivírus) [masculine] (Russian), antivirus [masculine] (Spanish), antivirusprogram [neuter] (Swedish), antivirus [neuter] (Swedish)

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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "computing software",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Antivirensoftware"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "antiiikó",
      "sense": "computing software",
      "word": "αντιιικό"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "anchiuirusu",
      "sense": "computing software",
      "word": "アンチウイルス"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "anchiwirusu",
      "sense": "computing software",
      "word": "アンチウィルス"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kō-uirusu",
      "sense": "computing software",
      "word": "抗ウイルス"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kō-wirusu",
      "sense": "computing software",
      "word": "抗ウィルス"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "computing software",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antywirus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "computing software",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antivírus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "antivírus",
      "sense": "computing software",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "антиви́рус"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "computing software",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antivirus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "computing software",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "antivirusprogram"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "computing software",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "antivirus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "antivirus"
}

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