enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Computer virus - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus

   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 ...

3. List of computing and IT abbreviations - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computing_and_IT...

   PCMCIA—Personal Computer Memory Card International ... VIRUS—Vital Information Resource Under ... "Computing Acronyms and Abbreviations". All Acronyms

4. Malware - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware

   A worm is a stand-alone malware software that actively transmits itself over a network to infect other computers and can copy itself without infecting files. These definitions lead to the observation that a virus requires the user to run an infected software or operating system for the virus to spread, whereas a worm spreads itself. [35]

5. Comparison of computer viruses - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_computer_viruses

   To combat computer viruses and other malicious software, many security advisory organizations and anti-virus software developers compile and publish virus lists. When a new virus appears, the rush begins to identify and understand it as well as develop appropriate counter-measures to stop its propagation.

6. List of computer term etymologies - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer_term...

   A mid-1970s science fiction novel by David Gerrold, When H.A.R.L.I.E. was One, includes a description of a fictional computer program named VIRUS that worked just like a virus (and was countered by a program named ANTIBODY). The term "computer virus" also appears in the comic book "Uncanny X-Men" No. 158, published in 1982. A computer virus's ...

7. List of abbreviations for diseases and disorders - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_abbreviations_for...

   Hendra virus infection HF Heart failure: HFA High-functioning autism: HFMD Hand, foot, and mouth disease: HFRS Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: HI Hearing impaired: HiB disease Haemophilus influenzae type B disease: HIBM Hereditary inclusion body myopathy: HMSN Type III Hereditary motor and sensory polyneuropathy type III (see Dejerine ...