[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bacteriophage \bacteriophage\ n. sing.  pl.
   a virus which infects bacteria; -- also colloquially called
   phage in laboratory jargon.

   note: bacteriophages are of many varieties, generally
         specific for one or a narrow range of bacterial
         species, and almost every bacterium is susceptible to
         at least one bacteriophage. they may have dna or rna as
         their genetic component. certain types of
         bacteriophage, called

   temperate bacteriophage, may infect but not kill their host
      bacteria, residing in and replicating either as a plasmid
      or integrated into the host genome. under certain
      conditions, a resident temperate phage may become induced
      to multiply rapidly and vegetatively, killing and lysing
      its host bacterium, and producing multiple progeny. the
      lambda phage of eschericia coli, much studied in
      biochemical and genetic research, is of the temperate
      type.
      pjc bacteriophagic
see also:
phage temperate bacteriophage lambda phage eschericia coli 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

phage
     n : a virus that is 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 syn: bacteriophage
see also:
bacteriophage 

[3] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

phage n. a program that modifies other programs or databases in
   unauthorized ways; esp. one that propagates a virus or trojan horse.
   see also worm, mockingbird. the analogy, of course, is with phage
   viruses in biology.


see also:
virus trojan horse worm mockingbird 

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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.
     
        jargon file
     
     
see also:
virus trojan horse worm mockingbird jargon file 

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