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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>replicator</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="../R.html" title="R"/><link rel="previous" href="religious-issues.html" title="religious issues"/><link rel="next" href="reply.html" title="reply"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">replicator</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="religious-issues.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">R</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="reply.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="replicator"/><dt xmlns="" id="replicator"><b>replicator</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Any construct that acts to produce copies of itself; this could be a
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living organism, an idea (see <a href="../M/meme.html"><i class="glossterm">meme</i></a>), a program (see
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<a href="../Q/quine.html"><i class="glossterm">quine</i></a>, <a href="../W/worm.html"><i class="glossterm">worm</i></a>,
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<a href="../W/wabbit.html"><i class="glossterm">wabbit</i></a>, <a href="../F/fork-bomb.html"><i class="glossterm">fork bomb</i></a>, and
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<a href="../V/virus.html"><i class="glossterm">virus</i></a>), a pattern in a cellular automaton (see
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<a href="../L/life.html"><i class="glossterm">life</i></a>, sense 1), or (speculatively) a robot or
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<a href="../N/nanobot.html"><i class="glossterm">nanobot</i></a>. It is even claimed by some that
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<a href="../U/Unix.html"><i class="glossterm">Unix</i></a> and <a href="../C/C.html"><i class="glossterm">C</i></a> are the symbiotic
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halves of an extremely successful replicator; see
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<a href="../U/Unix-conspiracy.html"><i class="glossterm">Unix conspiracy</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="religious-issues.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../R.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="reply.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">religious issues </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> reply</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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