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== Information Technology Terminology ==

Used to describe a malware program that typically is destructive, such as erasure of important files or compromising a system's security and computational resources.  

Viruses of this nature do not destroy hardware themselves, but can disrupt systems.  Viruses are "spread" through downloaded attachments or computer programs that claim to be something (such as a picture, an important computer update, or game) that they are not.  They can also be spread through the use of a [[backdoor]], which allows a user to remotely install the virus without the user's knowledge.

The [[Cylons]], through the use of their [[Raiders]], transmitted a virus utilizing the [[backdoors]] programmed in the [[CNP]] used in [[Colonial]] military ships.  This permitted the easy slaughter of countless billions of sentients.  This tactic was also used during the first [[Cylon War]]. ([[Mini-Series]])

See also: [[Wikipedia:Computer Virus|Computer Viruses]]

== Biological Viruses ==

Transmittable diseases of a non-bacterial nature that cause various ailments, such as the [[Wikipedia:Common cold|Common Cold]] or the [[Wikipedia:Flu|Flu]].

See: [[Wikipedia:Virus|Virus]]
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-A '''[[w:virus|virus]]''' is a non-living pathogen with biological processes that can interrupt cellular activity.
+== Information Technology Terminology ==
-In computer terms, a virus can also be a set of programming instructions, surreptitiously inserted into another computer or network, that can interrupt, alter or stop the functionality of other computer programs.
+Used to describe a malware program that typically is destructive, such as erasure of important files or compromising a system's security and computational resources.
-Please select a specific reference that is related to "virus":
+Viruses of this nature do not destroy hardware themselves, but can disrupt systems.  Viruses are "spread" through downloaded attachments or computer programs that claim to be something (such as a picture, an important computer update, or game) that they are not.  They can also be spread through the use of a [[backdoor]], which allows a user to remotely install the virus without the user's knowledge.
-====Computer viruses====
+The [[Cylons]], through the use of their [[Raiders]], transmitted a virus utilizing the [[backdoors]] programmed in the [[CNP]] used in [[Colonial]] military ships.  This permitted the easy slaughter of countless billions of sentients.  This tactic was also used during the first [[Cylon War]]. ([[Mini-Series]])
-*For information on [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] computer attack history in the [[Re-imagined Series]], see [[Cylon computer virus]].
-*For information on the Colonial flight operating system software which is compromised by [[Caprica-Six]] in the [[Miniseries, Night 1|Miniseries]], see [[Command Navigation Program]].
-*For information on the Colonial computer defenses used in the [[Cylon War]], see [[Galactica type battlestar#Computer Systems]].
-====Biological viruses====
-*For information on a Colonial illness that affects the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] in the episode, "[[The Woman King]]", see [[Mellorak infection]].
-*For information on a ancient Colonial illness that kills an entire Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]] and its denizens, see [[Lymphocytic encephalitis]].
-*For information on an ailment that incapacitates almost all of ''{{TOS|Galactica}}''{{'|s}} [[Colonial Warrior]]s in the [[Original Series]] episode, "[[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]", see [[Otarsis virus]].
-*For information on a virus that affects ''Galactica''{{'|s}} crew in the [[separate continuity]] comic, [[Battlestar Galactica 2]], see [[Returner virus]].
-====Other====
-*For information on the compound that destroys viruses in the ''[[Galactica Discovers Earth (Book)|Galactica Discovers Earth]]'' novelization, see [[viruscide]].
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+See also: [[Wikipedia:Computer Virus|Computer Viruses]]
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+== Biological Viruses ==
+Transmittable diseases of a non-bacterial nature that cause various ailments, such as the [[Wikipedia:Common cold|Common Cold]] or the [[Wikipedia:Flu|Flu]].
+See: [[Wikipedia:Virus|Virus]]
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+[[Category:Terminology]]