replicator n. Any construct that acts to produce copies of itself; this
   could be a living organism, an idea (see meme), a program (see
   quine, worm, wabbit, fork bomb, and virus), a pattern in a
   cellular automaton (see life, sense 1), or (speculatively) a robot or
   nanobot. It is even claimed by some that Unix and C are the
   symbiotic halves of an extremely successful replicator; see Unix
   conspiracy.

	

	replicator
     
        Any construct that acts to produce copies of itself; this
        could be a living organism, an idea (see meme), a program
        (see quine, worm, wabbit, fork bomb, and virus), a
        pattern in a cellular automaton (see life), or
        (speculatively) a robot or nanobot.  It is even claimed by
        some that Unix and C are the symbiotic halves of an
        extremely successful replicator; see Unix conspiracy.
     
        [Jargon File]