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From: R_Tim_Coslet@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Virus 101 - Chapter 1
Message-ID: <15912@cup.portal.com>
Date: 17 Mar 89 01:04:23 GMT
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In article: <8903150434.AA22458@icase.edu>
	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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