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Detailed Translations for virus from English to French

virus:

virus [the ~] nom

  1. the virus (poison; toxin; venom)
    le poison; la toxine; le venin
  2. the virus (contaminant; infectious matter; infection matter)
    le virus; le contage; la matière infectante
  3. the virus
    – Malware that replicates, commonly by infecting other files in the system, thus allowing the execution of the malware code and its propagation when those files are activated. 1
    le virus

Translation Matrix for virus:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
contage contaminant; infection matter; infectious matter; virus
matière infectante contaminant; infection matter; infectious matter; virus
poison poison; toxin; venom; virus poisonous; serpent; snake; toxic; venomous
toxine poison; toxin; venom; virus
venin poison; toxin; venom; virus poisonous; toxic; venomous
virus contaminant; infection matter; infectious matter; virus
- computer virus

Related Words for "virus":

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Related Definitions for "virus":

  1. (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein2
  2. a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer2
    • a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance2
  3. a harmful or corrupting agency2
    • bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread2
    • the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone2
  4. Malware that replicates, commonly by infecting other files in the system, thus allowing the execution of the malware code and its propagation when those files are activated.1

Wiktionary Translations for virus:

virus
noun
  1. DNA/RNA causing disease
virus
noun
  1. Entité biologique qui nécessite une cellule hôte

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
virus virus virus — informatica|nld een computervirus
virus virus virus — biologie|nld een ziekteverwekker die veel kleiner is dan een bacterie
virus virus VirusMedizin: kleinster Krankheitserreger, der sich nur in Zellen vermehren kann
virus virus VirusInformatik: schädliches, sich selbst durch Hilfe von Programmen verbreitender, selbst "lebensunfähiger" Kode (auch Computervirus)

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