Virus | Mean of virus in English Dictionary
/ˈvaɪrəs/
- Noun
- an extremely small particle that causes a disease and that spreads from one person or animal to another
- the AIDS virus = the virus that causes AIDS
- Is the illness caused by bacteria or a virus?
- a disease or illness caused by a virus
- I think I have the virus that's going around this winter.
- a stomach virus
- a program that is designed to harm a computer by deleting data, ruining files, etc., and that can be spread secretly from one computer to another
- The software checks your hard drive for viruses.
