Can a virus hitch a ride in your car?Viruses can make a mess of computer files, hard drives, and networks, often disrupting entire corporations. But could a virus invade in·vade v. in·vad·ed, in·vad·ing, in·vades v.tr. 1. To enter by force in order to conquer or pillage. 2. the computers that control crucial functions in a car? "It's feasible," says Egil Juliussen of Telematics Research Group in Minnesota, "just a lot harder." Juliussen says the sheer number of operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. currently being used in cars presents a major hurdle for virus writers, But as more data are being exchanged with outside sources Like cell phones, and computerized computerized adapted for analysis, storage and retrieval on a computer. computerized axial tomography see computed tomography. systems in cars become more interconnected and standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. , virus writers will be more Likely to succeed in infecting them. |
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