[Ads-l] Antedating of "Computer Virus"

[Shapiro, Fred]

I should have typed the word "computer," not "compute," before the word "Virus."

Fred Shapiro



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From: Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>
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Subject: Antedating of "Computer Virus"

computer virus (OED 1984)

1973 _Shreveport Journal_ 18 Sept/ 2A/2 (Newspapers.com)  He's expecting to make a bundle out of the situation by selling a vaccine which will cure the compute Virus and keep the machines from getting it again.

Fred Shapiro

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