sig virus

2 definitions found

sig virus - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  sig virus
  
     A parasitic meme embedded in a sig block.  There was a
     meme plague or fad for these on Usenet in late 1991.  Most
     were equivalents of "I am a .sig virus.  Please reproduce me
     in your .sig block.".  Of course, the .sig virus's memetic
     hook is the giggle value of going along with the gag; this,
     however, was a self-limiting phenomenon as more and more
     people picked up on the idea.  There were creative variants on
     it; some people stuck "sig virus antibody" texts in their
     sigs, and there was at least one instance of a sig virus
     eater.
  
     [Jargon File]
  

sig virus - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  sig virus
   n.
  
     A parasitic meme embedded in a sig block. There was a meme plague
      or fad for these on Usenet in late 1991. Most were
  equivalents
     of "I am a .sig virus. Please reproduce me in your .sig block.". Of
     course, the .sig virus's memetic hook is the giggle value of going
     along with the gag; this, however, was a self-limiting phenomenon as
     more and more people picked up on the idea. There were creative
     variants on it; some people stuck `sig virus antibody' texts in their
     sigs, and there was at least one instance of a sig virus eater.