May 15, 2003

phage

n.

A program that modifies other programs or databases in unauthorized ways; esp. one that propagates a virus or Trojan horse. See also worm, mockingbird. The analogy, of course, is with phage viruses in biology.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:35 AM

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