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When did 'virus' start meaning a computer thing?

Tech enthusiast here. The term 'computer virus' actually comes from the 1970s. Fred Cohen, a computer scientist, was one of the pioneers in defining what it meant in a computer context. And yeah you're right about the spread, it's because they can self-replicate and propagate, infecting systems along the way, …
submitted 1 year, 3 months ago by ComputerGuru2010