English Dictionary
phage
n : virus parasitic in bacteria; multiplies within its host
[syn: {bacteriophage}]
English Computing Dictionary
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.
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