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Figure 1 -
Metaphorical Frames for the Internet
Words and phrases used to describe the Internet and its users
I. Biological/Organic
“virus”
“worm”
“infected”
injected
“crippling”
computers would become “catatonic”
“paralyzed”
virus was “planted”
“plagued”
need to “cleanse” systems
solution is an “antidote”
virus “disabled” computers
scourge
replicate
reproduce
eradicate
propagate
quarantine
II. Military/Conflict
“attack”
“defuse a mysterious malady”
“full-scale assault”
virus “infiltrates”
“invasion”
“invader
sabotage”
battled
vulnerable
target
fight the programs
launched
III. Crime
Morris described as an “intruder”
virus “penetrated” other systems
a “rogue” program (dishonest)
virus “steals” information
“insidious virus “ (treacherous)
“break-in”
exploited
escape detection
renegade
tampered
illicit
unauthorized
vandal
IV. Accident
“gone awry”
“out of control”
“chaos”
program “ran amok”
went “haywire”
sped madly out of control
spread like wildfire
quirk
multiply madly
Frankenstein
Got out of hand
Havoc
Crashed
mistake
V. Scientific
“design error”
virus was an “experiment”
virus was “research”
“programming error”
defect
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