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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>General Public Virus</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../G.html" title="G"/><link rel="previous" href="gender-mender.html" title="gender mender"/><link rel="next" href="generate.html" title="generate"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">General Public Virus</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gender-mender.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">G</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="generate.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="General-Public-Virus"/><dt xmlns="" id="General-Public-Virus"><b>General Public Virus</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Pejorative name for some versions of the <a href="GNU.html"><i class="glossterm">GNU</i></a>
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