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THE COMPUTER "VIRUS" AS METAPHOR.

Discusses the computer virus as a metaphor. Quick identification of `worm' as a virus; Two parts in the interaction of each metaphor; Distinction between `vehicle' and `tenor'; Parallels between the AIDS virus and the computer `virus.'

Published in:ETC: A Review of General Semantics Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 177 - 181
Main Author: Gozzi Jr., Raymond
Format: Article
Published: Institute of General Semantics, Inc. Summer90
Subjects:
Computer viruses
Metaphor
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