Definition of viral

viral

adjective

• popular due to being forwarded between people who know each other.

                                                                                                                  
  
  Citation from "Hamlet's BlackBerry", The Christian Science Monitor, Heller McAlpin, June 30 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Jul 15 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 15 2010.

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viral marketing	Definitions include: marketing based typically on word-of-mouth (including transmission via computer-based mediums, e.g. social networking.)

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