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Article #37186Re: Virus 101 - Chapter 1
From: R_Tim_Coslet
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1989 01:04
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1989 01:04
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csrobe@ICASE.EDU (Charles S. [Chip] Roberson) writes:
>Before you take this as gospel...
>
[some text deleted]
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>The first use of the word 'virus' (to my knowledge) to describe something that
>infects a computer was by David Gerrold in his science fiction short stories
>about the G.O.D. machine. These stories were later combined and expanded to
>form a book _When_Charlie_Was_One_. [....]
The title of that book is really: _When_Harlie_Was_One_
R. Tim Coslet
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