Neutre

virus

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (neuter) virus
  2. (neuter) virus (computer virus)

Synonymes

computer-virus

Traductions

vírus de computador

ιός

bilgisayar virüsü

ιοί

فيروس كمبيوتر

Fréquence

B1
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈviː.rʏs/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

From Latin vīrus. Coined in the virological sense by Martinus Beijerinck; the word had been previously used for pathogens, although not for viruses in the modern sense. The computing sense derives from English virus.

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