Code Virus

Definitions

1. A bug, anti-pattern, or copied mistake that spreads from one code area into many others. In engineering slang, code virus is used more metaphorically than literally to describe contagious technical problems.

   In plain English: A harmful coding pattern or bug that spreads from place to place.

   Example: "The unsafe global helper was a code virus, copied across scripts and services until almost every new project started with the same hidden flaw."

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