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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>phage</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../P.html" title="P"/><link rel="previous" href="PFY.html" title="PFY"/><link rel="next" href="phase.html" title="phase"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">phage</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="PFY.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">P</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="phase.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="phage"/><dt xmlns="" id="phage"><b>phage</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A program that modifies other programs or databases in unauthorized
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ways; esp. one that propagates a <a href="../V/virus.html"><i class="glossterm">virus</i></a> or
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<a href="../T/Trojan-horse.html"><i class="glossterm">Trojan horse</i></a>. See also <a href="../W/worm.html"><i class="glossterm">worm</i></a>,
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<a href="../M/mockingbird.html"><i class="glossterm">mockingbird</i></a>. The analogy, of course, is with phage
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viruses in biology.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="PFY.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../P.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="phase.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">PFY </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> phase</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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