PHAGE - Definition

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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] virus parasitic in bacteria; it uses the bacterium's machinery and energy to produce more phage until the bacterium is destroyed and phage is released to invade surrounding bacteria

	Synonyms:	bacteriophage

	See Also:	virus

Computing Dictionary

	Definition:	A program that modifies other programs or databases in unauthorised ways; especially one that propagates a virus or trojan horse. See also worm, mockingbird. The analogy, of course, is with phage viruses in biology. [jargon file]

Glossary

	Definition:	See Bacteriophage A virus for which the natural host is a bacterial cell.