Both Uses of
virus
in
A Vampire's Assistant
- She'd picked up a virus, and Evra had to stay in to look after her.
Chpt 20 *virus = a submicroscopic organism that causes disease
- Evra had warned me not to sleep in his tent that night; his snake was in a foul mood because of the virus and might bite.†
Chpt 24
Definitions:
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(1)
(virus in biology) a tiny organism that causes disease (by using the cellular reproductive machinery of the organism it invades)Although viruses contain genetic information, they must use an invaded cell's reproductive machinery to reproduce.
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(2)
(virus in computers) a type of software that spreads without invitation between computers and causes damage to data and softwareComputer viruses are so-named because like a biological virus, they contain instructions on how to reproduce, but require the infected computer to actually execute the instructions.