antivirus

See also: antivírus and anti-virus

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ virus

Noun

antivirus (plural antiviruses)

1. (computing) A piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses.

Translations

computing software

• Catalan: antivirus m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 防毒 (fong⁴ duk⁶), 防毒軟件, 防毒软件 (fong⁴ duk⁶ jyun⁵ gin^6-2)

  Mandarin: 防毒 (zh) (fángdú), 防病毒 (fángbìngdú), 殺毒軟件 (zh), 杀毒软件 (zh) (shādú ruǎnjiàn) (antivirus software), 防毒軟體, 防毒软体 (fángdú ruǎntǐ)

• Finnish: antivirusohjelma
• French: antivirus (fr) m
• Galician: antivirus m

• Georgian: ანტივირუსი (anṭivirusi), ანტივირუსული პროგრამა (anṭivirusuli ṗrograma)
• German: Antivirus m, n, Antivirenprogramm (de) n (antivirus program), Antivirensoftware f (antivirus software)
• Japanese: アンチウイルス (anchiuirusu) / アンチウィルス (anchiwirusu), 抗ウイルス (kō-uirusu) / 抗ウィルス (kō-wirusu)
• Portuguese: antivírus (pt) m
• Russian: антиви́рус (ru) m (antivírus)
• Spanish: antivirus (es) m
• Swedish: antivirusprogram n, antivirus (sv) n

See also

• antiviral

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Galician

Etymology

anti- (“anti”) +‎ virus (“virus”)

Noun

antivirus m (plural antivirus)

1. antivirus

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Spanish

Etymology

anti- (“anti”) +‎ virus (“virus”)

Noun

antivirus m (plural antivirus)

1. antivirus