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  2. Metamorphic code - Wikipedia

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    Metamorphic code can also mean that a virus is capable of infecting executables from two or more different operating systems (such as Windows and Linux) or even different computer architectures. Often, the virus does this by carrying several viruses within itself.

  3. Computer virus - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 December 2024. Computer program that modifies other programs to replicate itself and spread Hex dump of the Brain virus, generally regarded as the first computer virus for the IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) and compatibles A computer virus is a type of malware that, when executed, replicates itself by ...

  4. Polymorphic code - Wikipedia

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    Encryption is the most common method to hide code. With encryption, the main body of the code (also called its payload) is encrypted and will appear meaningless. For the code to function as before, a decryption function is added to the code. When the code is executed, this function reads the payload and decrypts it before executing it in turn.

  5. Metaphorical code-switching - Wikipedia

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    Jan-Petter Blom and John J. Gumperz coined the linguistic term 'metaphorical code-switching' in the late sixties and early seventies. They wanted to "clarify the social and linguistic factors involved in the communication process ... by showing that speaker's selection among semantically, grammatically, and phonologically permissible alternates occurring in conversation sequences recorded in ...

  6. Oligomorphic code - Wikipedia

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    Oligomorphic code, also known as semi-polymorphic code, is a method used by a computer virus to obfuscate its decryptor by generating different versions of it, in order to evade detection by antivirus software. It is similar to, but less sophisticated than, polymorphic code. [1]

  7. What 'secret' loudspeaker codes mean at department stores - AOL

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    This "code" is one of many innocuous sounding secret codes that. ... What 'secret' loudspeaker codes mean at department stores. Josh Smith. Updated July 14, 2016 at 6:09 PM.

  8. This Is What Your ZIP Code Actually Means - AOL

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    Learn the history and meaning of usps postal codes, why it's called a ZIP code, whether a postal code is a ZIP code, and what ZIP code numbers stand for.

  9. Metamorphism - Wikipedia

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    The metamorphic facies is not usually considered when classifying metamorphic rock based on protolith, mineral mode, or texture. However, a few metamorphic facies produce rock of such distinctive character that the facies name is used for the rock when more precise classification is not possible.