| Definition of 'phage' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) bacteriophage, phage
a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria
"phage uses the bacterium's machinery and energy to produce more phage until the bacterium is destroyed and phage is released to invade surrounding bacteria"
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| Definitions of 'phage' |
The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. phage
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.
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