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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>exploit</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../E.html" title="E"/><link rel="previous" href="Exploder.html" title="Exploder"/><link rel="next" href="external-memory.html" title="external memory"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">exploit</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Exploder.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">E</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="external-memory.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="exploit"/><dt xmlns="" id="exploit"><b>exploit</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [originally cracker slang] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. A vulnerability in software that can be used for breaking
security or otherwise attacking an Internet host over the network. The
<a href="../P/Ping-O--Death.html"><i class="glossterm">Ping O' Death</i></a> is a famous exploit. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. More grammatically, a program that exploits an exploit in sense
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