warez /weirz/ n.
Widely used in cracker subcultures
to denote cracked version of commercial software, that is versions
from which copy-protection has been stripped. Hackers recognize
this term but don't use it themselves. See warez d00dz.
Widely used in cracker subcultures
to denote cracked version of commercial software, that is versions
from which copy-protection has been stripped. Hackers recognize
this term but don't use it themselves. See warez d00dz.
Related:
- warez d00dz /weirz doodz/ n.
A substantial subculture of
crackers refer to themselves as `warez d00dz';
there is evidently some connection with B1FF here... - lamer n.
[prob. originated in skateboarder slang]
1.
Synonym for luser, not used much by hackers but common... - elite adj.
Clueful. Plugged-in. One of the
cognoscenti.
Also used as a general positive adjective. This term... - weenie n.
1. [on BBSes] Any of a species of luser
resembling a less amusing version of B1FF that infests many
BBS systems.
The typical weenie is a teenage boy with poor social... - copybroke: /kop'ee-brohk/ adj. 1. [play on `copyright'] Used
to describe an instance of a copy-protected program that has been
`broken';
that is, a copy with the copy-protection scheme ... - screen name n.
A handle sense 1. This term has
been common among users of IRC,
MUDs, and commercial on-line services since the... - leech n.
Among BBS types, crackers and warez d00dz,
one who consumes knowledge without generating new software... - dongle /dong'gl/ n.
1. A security or copy protection device for proprietary software consisting of a
serialized EPROM and some drivers in a D-25 connector shell,
which must be connected to an I/O port of the computer... - warez kiddies n.
Even more derogatory way of referring
to warez d00dz;
refers to the fact that most warez d00dz are around...
From the same category:
- moria /mor'ee-*/ n.
Like nethack and rogue, one
of the large PD Dungeons-and-Dragons-like simulation games,
available for a wide range of machines and operating... - Orange Book n.
The U.S. Government's standards document
"Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria,
DOD standard 5200.28-STD, December, 1985" which... - mouse ahead vi.
Point-and-click analog of `type ahead'.
To manipulate a computer's pointing device (almost... - polygon pusher n.
A chip designer who spends most of his or
her time at the physical layout level (which requires drawing
lots of multi-colored polygons).
Also `rectangle slinger'... - FISH queue n.
[acronym, by analogy with FIFO (First In,
First Out)] `First In, Still Here'. A joking way of...
