computer virus

Noun

 * 1)  A program which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks and USB drives, often causing damage to systems and data.

Usage notes

 * Often used to clarify that a virus in the computing sense, rather than a virus in the biological sense, is being referred to.

Translations

 * Belarusian: камп'ю́тарны ві́рус
 * Bulgarian: компю́търен ви́рус
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: počítačový virus
 * Danish: computervirus
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: komputviruso, komputila viruso
 * Faroese: telduvirus
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: tölvuveira, tölvuvírus
 * Irish: víreas ríomhaireachta
 * Japanese:
 * Latvian: datorvīruss
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: datavirus
 * Nynorsk: datavirus
 * Polish: wirus komputerowy
 * Portuguese: vírus de computador
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: virus informático
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: bilgisayar virüsü
 * Ukrainian: комп'ю́терний ві́рус