What is the difference between category and type?

Question

I'm in an info tech class and the teacher wants us to research 3 main categories of computer viruses and 3 types of computer viruses.

But aren't category and type basically the same thing?

Thanks for help.

Answer 1

I didn't know either until I conducted a brief Google search for categories of computer viruse and for types of computer viruses. These sites make the differences very clear.

http://acct.tamu.edu/smith/virus.htm

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/different-types-of-computer-viruses.html

Answer 2

Thanks a lot for the helpful links!

Answer 3

You're welcome. Good luck with your research.