🇬🇧 en nl 🇳🇱

virus noun

  /ˈvaɪ.ɹəs/
  • A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms).
  • (informal, metonymically) A disease caused by such an infectious agent; a viral illness.
 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.
 virus, computervirus
computer virus
computervirus
Ebola virus
ebola, ebolavirus
anti-virus
antivirus
Norwalk virus
norwalkvirus
Zika virus
zika-virus
virus disease
virusziekte
virus scanner
virusscanner
zika virus
zikavirus

🇳🇱 nl en 🇬🇧

virus noun

  /virəs/
  • (biologie) (medisch) ziekteverwekker die veel kleiner is dan een bacterie
  • (informatica) klein en gevaarlijk softwareprogramma dat zichzelf gemakkelijk van de ene naar de andere computer verspreidt en de besturing daarvan gedeeltelijk of geheel overneemt
 virus
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