Phage




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.

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PGP
PH
pH
ph
phacker
 lexiphage
phage
Trojan horse
virus
 phase
phase alternating line
Phase Encoded
phase of the moon
phase-wrapping