[plug] stripping potentially nasty attachments
Alex Polglaze
apolglaze at book-keepingnetwork.com.au
Sat Mar 27 13:38:07 WST 2004
Shayne O'Neill wrote:
> vi·rus ( P ) Pronunciation Key (vrs)
> n. pl. vi·rus·es
> 3. Computer Science. A computer virus.
>
> from dictionary dot com.
>
> Remember, virus might be from latin, but the context is english
Remember that virus and virii have been around a lot longer than computers and
that the context is medical as in infection and proliferation.
Computing "stole" the idea and notion from medicine, so let it be done properly.
Alex Polglaze
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