The word ''Viral'' means "relating to
virus
A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living Cell (biology), cells of an organism. Viruses infect all life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea. Viruses are ...
es" (small infectious agents).
It may also refer to:
Viral behavior, or virality
Memetic
Memetics is a theory of the evolution of culture based on Darwinian principles with the meme as the unit of culture. The term "meme" was coined by biologist Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book ''The Selfish Gene'', to illustrate the principle that he ...
behavior likened that of a virus, for example:
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Viral marketing
Viral marketing is a business strategy that uses existing social networks to promote a product mainly on various social media platforms. Its name refers to how consumers spread information about a product with other people, much in the same way th ...
, the use of existing social networks to spread a marketing message
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Viral phenomenon
Viral phenomena or viral sensations are objects or patterns that are able to replicate themselves or convert other objects into copies of themselves when these objects are exposed to them. Analogous to the way in which viruses propagate, the te ...
, relating to contagion theory or the "virality" of network culture, such as a meme
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Viral video
Viral videos are video, videos that become popular through viral phenomenon, a viral process of Internet sharing, primarily through video sharing websites such as YouTube as well as social media and email.Lu Jiang, Yajie Miao, Yi Yang, ZhenZhon ...
, a video that quickly attains a high popularity
Titled works
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''Viral'' (2016 American film), a 2016 American science fiction horror drama
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''Viral'' (2016 Hindi film), an Indian Bollywood film based on social media
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''Viral'' (upcoming film), an American psychological thriller film starring Blair Underwood
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''Viral'' (web series), a 2014 Brazilian comedy web series
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V/H/S: Viral'', an American anthology horror film
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Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19'', a book by Alina Chand and Matt Ridley
See also
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Virals
''Virals'' is a series of novels for young adults written by the American forensic anthropologist and crime writer, Kathy Reichs and her son Brendan Reichs, featuring Tory Brennan, great-niece of Temperance Brennan.
Series
The series was the ...
'', a novel series by Kathy Reichs
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Virulence
Virulence is a pathogen's or microorganism's ability to cause damage to a host.
In most cases, especially in animal systems, virulence refers to the degree of damage caused by a microbe to its host. The pathogenicity of an organism—its abili ...
, pathogen's ability to infect or damage host
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