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What does polymorphic mean?

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  1. Relating to polymorphism (any sense), able to have several shapes or forms.
  2. (programming) Able to take multiple data types for a single parameter.
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A polymorphic batch file appears to be a holy grail to some virus writers, perhaps because of how insanely difficult it is to produce one.
The new version is polymorphic, meaning it changes its appearance in an attempt to avoid detection.
A perennial herb found largely in Europe and the Mediterranean, it is an extremely polymorphic species.
None of the fixation indices for polymorphic loci in either species were significantly negative.
This could allow the bad guys to more easily run more complex polymorphic and encryption routines.
The techniques they describe include polymorphic inline cache and regular expression improvements.

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