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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>elite</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="elevator-controller.html" title="elevator controller"/><link rel="next" href="ELIZA-effect.html" title="ELIZA effect"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">elite</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="elevator-controller.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">E</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ELIZA-effect.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="elite"/><dt xmlns="" id="elite"><b>elite</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Clueful. Plugged-in. One of the cognoscenti. Also used as a
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general positive adjective. This term is not actually native hacker slang;
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it is used primarily by crackers and <a href="../W/warez-d00dz.html"><i class="glossterm">warez d00dz</i></a>,
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for which reason hackers use it only with heavy irony. The term used to
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refer to the folks allowed in to the “<span class="quote">hidden</span>” or
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“<span class="quote">privileged</span>” sections of BBSes in the early 1980s (which,
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typically, contained pirated software). Frequently, early boards would only
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let you post, or even see, a certain subset of the sections (or
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‘boards’) on a BBS. Those who got to the frequently legendary
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‘triple super secret’ boards were elite. Misspellings of this
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term in warez d00dz style abound; the forms <span class="firstterm">l337</span> <span class="firstterm">eleet</span>, and <span class="firstterm">31337</span> (among others) have been sighted.</p><p>A true hacker would be more likely to use
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‘wizardly’. Oppose <a href="../L/lamer.html"><i class="glossterm">lamer</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="elevator-controller.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../E.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ELIZA-effect.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">elevator controller </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> ELIZA effect</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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