Exploit

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Parts of this article are based on the Jargon File, v. 4.4.7,
a public domain document of hacker jargon.

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exploit
Usage: n.
Derivation: Originally cracker slang


exploit: n.

[originally cracker slang]

  1. A vulnerability in software that can be used for breaking security or otherwise attacking an Internet host over the network. The Ping O' Death is a famous exploit.
  2. More grammatically, a program that exploits an exploit in sense 1.
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Sources

Source: exploit, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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