Replicator - Dictionary Definition and Overview
Replicator : 

Any construct that acts to produce copies of itself; this could be a living organism, an idea (see meme), a program (see quine, worm, wabbit, fork bomb, and virus), a pattern in a cellular automaton (see life), or (speculatively) a robot or nanobot. It is even claimed by some that Unix and C are the symbiotic halves of an extremely successful replicator; see Unix conspiracy.

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Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
Replicator : n. Any construct that acts to produce copies of itself; this could be a living organism, an idea (see meme), a program (see quine, worm, wabbit, fork bomb, and virus), a pattern in a cellular automaton (see life, sense 1), or (speculatively) a robot or nanobot._It_is_even_claimed_by_some_that_{Unix">nanobot. It is even claimed by some that {Unix and C are the symbiotic halves of an extremely successful replicator; see Unix conspiracy.

Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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