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arf & barf /snarf'n-barf`/ n.
arf down v. To snarf, with the connotation of absorbing, processing, or understanding.
ark n. [Lewis Carroll, via the Michigan Terminal System] 1.
A system failure. When a user's process bombed, the operator would get the message "Help, Help, Snark in MTS!...
eaker n. An individual hired to break into places in order to test their security
analogous to tiger team. Compare samurai....
eakernet /snee'ker-net/ n.
iff v.,n. 1. To watch IP packets traversing a local network.
Most often in the phrase `packet sniffer', a program for doing same. 2.Synonym for poll....
ivitz /sniv'itz/ n. A hiccup in hardware or software
a small, transient problem of unknown origin (less serious than a snark). Compare glitch....
Snooze /snooz/ [FidoNet] n. Fidonews, the weekly official on-line newsletter of FidoNet.
SO /S-O/ n. 1. (also `S.O.') Abbrev. for Significant Other, almost invariably written abbreviated and pronounced /S-O/ by hackers.
Used to refer to one's primary relationship, esp. a live...
ocial engineering n. Term used among crackers and samurai for cracking techniques that rely on weaknesses in wetware rather than software
he aim is to trick people into revealing passwo...

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