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Michelangelo virus Definition


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Michelangelo virus
noun
    1. computing.
      A virus set to destroy data on a computer's hard disk when the system date reads 6 March in any year.
Etymology: 1980s: named after the Italian sculptor, painter and architect, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475‐1564) whose birthday was 6 March.



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