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Virus vs Viral - What's the difference?

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Viral is a derived term of virus.

Viral is a related term of virus.



In computing terms the difference between virus and viral

is that virus is a program which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as CDs, USB drives, floppy disks, etc., often causing damage to systems and data; also computer virus while viral is of the nature of an informatic virus; able to spread copies of itself to other computers.

As nouns the difference between virus and viral

is that virus is venom, as produced by a poisonous animal etc while viral is a video, image or text spread by "word of mouth" on the internet or by e-mail for humorous, political or marketing purposes.

As an adjective viral is

of or relating to a biological virus.

virus

English

Noun

(en-noun) (wikipedia virus) (Virus)
  • (archaic) Venom, as produced by a poisonous animal etc.
  • (pathology, microbiology, virology) A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and often causes disease in the host organism.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katie L. Burke
    • , title= In the News , volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola.}}
  • * 2001 , Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 64)
    • Viruses are the smallest and most simplified forms of life.
  • A disease caused by these organisms.
  • (computing) A program which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as CDs, USB drives, floppy disks, etc., often causing damage to systems and data; also computer virus.
    • Usage notes
    Viri is a nonstandard plural and is only used jocularly.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Hyponyms

    * DNA virus * RNA virus

    Derived terms

    * viroid * viral

    See also

    * prion

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    viral

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (virology) Of or relating to a biological virus.
    • viral DNA
  • (virology) Caused by a virus.
    • viral infection
  • (computing) Of the nature of an informatic virus; able to spread copies of itself to other computers.
  • (advertising, and, marketing) Spread by word of mouth, with minimal intervention in order to create buzz and interest.

    • Derived terms

    * go viral * viral marketing

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (marketing) A video, image or text spread by "word of mouth" on the internet or by e-mail for humorous, political or marketing purposes.
  • * 2002, Nik Lever, Flash Mx Games: ActionScript for Artists , Focal Press, page 411,
    • Using the Flash ActiveX control in this way allows you as a developer to create desktop characters, email virals and screensavers.
  • * 2003, Dave Chaffey, Total E-Mail Marketing , Elsevier, page 2,
    • [M]ost virals are not seen as profiling and data collection exercises, since that would kill the impulse of forwarding to a friend.
  • * 2005, Russell Evans, Practical DV Filmmaking , Focal Press, page 289,
    • Music company virals are becoming commonplace as costs of promos force labels to reconsider how to target more directly to consumers.

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