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phage


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  phage 
  n  :  virus  parasitic  in  bacteria;  multiplies  within  its  host 
  [syn:  {bacteriophage}] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  phage  n.  A  program  that  modifies  other  programs  or  databases 
  in  unauthorized  ways;  esp.  one  that  propagates  a  {virus}  or  {Trojan 
  horse}.  See  also  {worm},  {mockingbird}.  The  analogy,  of  course,  is 
  with  phage  viruses  in  biology. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  phage 
 
  A  program  that  modifies  other  programs  or  databases  in 
  unauthorised  ways;  especially  one  that  propagates  a  {virus}  or 
  {Trojan  horse}.  See  also  {worm},  {mockingbird}.  The 
  analogy,  of  course,  is  with  phage  viruses  in  biology. 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
 




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