computer virus

See also: computervirus and Computervirus

English

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Noun

computer virus (plural computer viruses or (proscribed) computer viri or (rare, chiefly non-native speakers’ English) computer vira)

2. (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.

Usage notes

• Often used to clarify that a virus in the computing sense, rather than a virus in the biological sense, is being referred to.

Synonyms

• virus

Hyponyms

• Trojan horse

Translations

computer virus — see also virus

• Belarusian: камп'ю́тарны ві́рус m (kampʺjútarny vírus)
• Bulgarian: компю́търен ви́рус m (kompjútǎren vírus)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電腦病毒／电脑病毒 (zh) (diànnǎo bìngdú)

• Czech: počítačový virus m
• Danish: computervirus
• Dutch: computervirus (nl) n
• Esperanto: komputviruso, komputila viruso
• Faroese: telduvirus
• Finnish: tietokonevirus (fi)
• French: virus informatique (fr) m
• German: Computervirus (de) m or n
• Greek: ιός υπολογιστή (el) m (iós ypologistí)
• Hungarian: számítógépes vírus (hu)
• Icelandic: tölvuveira (is) f, tölvuvírus m
• Irish: víreas ríomhaireachta m
• Japanese: コンピュータウイルス (ja)
• Latvian: datorvīruss m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: datavirus

  Nynorsk: datavirus

• Polish: wirus komputerowy m
• Portuguese: vírus de computador m
• Russian: компьютерный вирус (ru) m (kompʹjuternyj virus)
• Spanish: virus informático m
• Swedish: datorvirus (sv) n, datavirus (sv) n
• Turkish: bilgisayar virüsü
• Ukrainian: комп'ю́терний ві́рус m (kompʺjúternyj vírus)

See also

• malware