自じ己こ複ふく製せい

noun

self-replication; self-duplication

Technical term used in biology, computer science, and related fields to describe an entity's ability to make copies of itself.

• DNAは自じ己こ複ふく製せいする能のう力りょくを持もつ。

  DNA has the ability to self-replicate.

• コンピュータウイルスは自じ己こ複ふく製せいするプログラムだ。

  A computer virus is a self-replicating program.