생물의 살아 있는 세포 안에서만 자기 복제를 하며 증식할 수 있는 미세한 감염성 입자.
Submicroscopic infectious agents that replicate only inside the living cells of an organism.
예문:
"Scientists are studying how these viruses mutate to become resistant to existing treatments."
"Some viruses can remain dormant within the host body for many years before causing symptoms."
컴퓨터 시스템의 정상적인 작동을 방해하고 자신을 복제하여 다른 파일이나 컴퓨터로 전파되도록 설계된 악성 소프트웨어.
Malicious computer programs or code segments designed to replicate themselves and spread to other programs or systems.
예문:
"The network was shut down temporarily to prevent the spread of polymorphic viruses."
"Modern antivirus software uses heuristic analysis to detect unknown viruses."