leech n.
Among BBS types, crackers and warez d00dz,
one who consumes knowledge without generating new software, cracks,
or techniques. BBS culture specifically defines a leech as someone
who downloads files with few or no uploads in return, and who does
not contribute to the message section. Cracker culture extends
this definition to someone (a lamer, usually) who constantly
presses informed sources for information and/or assistance, but has
nothing to contribute.
Among BBS types, crackers and warez d00dz,
one who consumes knowledge without generating new software, cracks,
or techniques. BBS culture specifically defines a leech as someone
who downloads files with few or no uploads in return, and who does
not contribute to the message section. Cracker culture extends
this definition to someone (a lamer, usually) who constantly
presses informed sources for information and/or assistance, but has
nothing to contribute.
Related:
- lamer n.
[prob. originated in skateboarder slang]
1.
Synonym for luser, not used much by hackers but common... - poser n.
A wannabee; not hacker slang, but used among
crackers,
phreaks and warez d00dz. Not as negative as lamer... - warez d00dz /weirz doodz/ n.
A substantial subculture of
crackers refer to themselves as `warez d00dz';
there is evidently some connection with B1FF here... - elite adj.
Clueful. Plugged-in. One of the
cognoscenti.
Also used as a general positive adjective. This term... - cracker n.
One who breaks security on a system. Coined
ca.
1985 by hackers in defense against journalistic misuse... - Find an impersonator who CAN'T do Robin
Leech... - hacker n.
[originally, someone who makes furniture with an
axe] 1.
A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable... - APOSTATE, n. A leech who, having penetrated the shell of a turtle
only to find that the creature has long been dead,
deems it expedient to form a new attachment to a fresh... - social engineering: n. Term used among {cracker}s and
{samurai} for cracking techniques that rely on weaknesses in
{wetware} rather than software;
the aim is to trick people into revealing passwords...
From the same category:
- RFE /R-F-E/ n.
1. [techspeak] Request For Enhancement
(compare RFC).
2. [from `Radio Free Europe', Bellcore and Sun]... - down
1. adj. Not operating. "The up escalator is down"
is considered a humorous thing to say (unless of course you were
expecting to use it),
and "The elevator is down" always means ... - cow orker n.
[Usenet] n. fortuitous typo for co-worker,
widely used in Usenet, with perhaps a hint that orking... - optimism n.
What a programmer is full of after fixing the
last bug and before discovering the next last bug.
Fred Brooks's book "The Mythical Man-Month" (See... - bloatware n.
[common] Software that provides minimal
functionality while requiring a disproportionate amount of
diskspace and memory.
Especially used for application and OS upgrades. ...
