[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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