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Kind Of Person Solving Problems
2,157 wordsAs editor of the Jargon File, I often get email requests from enthusiastic network newbies asking (in effect) "how can I learn to be a wizard hacker?" . Oddly enough there don't seem to be any FAQs or Web documents that address this vital question, so here's mine. If you are reading a snapshot of this document offline, the current version lives at web The Jargon File contains a bunch of definitions of the term 'hacker', most having to do with technical adeptness and a delight in solving problems...
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Open Source Software Science Fiction
2,198 words... le wearing a body cast. Besides, Unix is the operating system of the Internet. While you can learn to use the Internet without knowing Unix, you can't be an Internet hacker without understanding it. For this reason, the hacker culture today is pretty strongly Unix-centered. (This wasn't always true, and some old-time hackers aren't happy about it, but the symbiosis between Unix and the Internet has become strong enough that even Microsoft's muscle doesn't seem able to seriously dent it. ) So...
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Electronic Commerce Client Server
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Face To Face Send And Receive
3,057 wordsInternet, its effects in our lives and the future of the Internet: The Internet is, quite literally, a network of networks. It is comprised of ten thousands of interconnected networks spanning the globe. The computers that form the Internet range from huge mainframes in research establishments to modest PCs in people's homes and offices. Despite the recent hype, the Internet is not a new phenomenon. Its roots lie in a collection of computers that were linked together in the 1970 s to form the US...
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Cable Modem Personal Computers
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Recommendations Report For Biometric Security Product
2,078 wordsRecommendations Report for Biometric Security Product This report is going to be focused on the issues of the internet security, particularly on the issues of Biometric Security Products. The company that the recommendations report is being done for is made up company called Para Not Now Incorporated. (PNN) The security and privacy of all computer users has been compromised by the advancement of computer technology. As the complexity and potential of computers, computer hardware, and computer so...
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Tee Shirt Enforcement Agency
1,502 wordsCreative Writing: The Big Scoop Hello, my name is Jack Williams. I am a reporter you have been hearing a lot about and this is how I gathered my information for my article on Computers, Hacking, And Usa's Citizens that has been causing so much uproar in many states and even in the government. Recently, people have claimed that I fantasized everything in the report and that I should work in the fiction field in stead of journalism, so here is the exact way I received my information for my story. ...
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Electronic Commerce Client Server
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Computer Whiz Is Called Whiz Is Called Simply
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Computer Crime Credit Card
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Freedom Of Speech Material On The Internet
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Macro Viruses Computer Viruses
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632 wordsThere are two different worlds of computer enthusiasts, that of hacking and of cracking. Hacking is the pursuit to further one s knowledge of a system, usually a computer. Hackers (see appendix) are generally much smarter then your average person and try to further the limits of a system through their understanding. Masters of Deception represents the world of hacking, depicting a group of teenage hackers during the 1980 s. The other side of this is the world of crackers. Crackers are those who ...
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E Mail Messages Office Automation
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Technological Advancements Younger Generations
2,762 wordsI. Introduction The 60 s and 70 s Social Advancements Technological Advancements The Time Was Right II. Phreaking Is Born III. The Technical Aspects That Allowed Phreaking To Work IV. Phreaker Culture Famous Phreaker's Phreaking in the Media V. The Downfall of Phreaking VI. What s Left For The Phreaking Community VII. Bibliography. I. Introduction The 60 s and 70 s It s hard for one not to be familiar with the state of our nation in the 60 s and 70 s. The period was arguably the high point of in...
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Tens Of Thousands Amount Of Information
1,489 wordsThe Internet Crimes Internet crime The Internet is a wondrous place. Practically anything you could ever want is available on the Net. Its like a big city, it has the highly prestigious areas, and the sex-ridden slums. It has the upstanding citizens, and it has the criminals. On the Net, crime is more abundant than in a large city, though, mainly because of the difficulties in tracking and prosecuting offenders. Even from its beginnings, the Internet has always been a battlefield between phreak'...
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2,082 wordsThe Internet The Internet is, literally, a network of networks. It is made of thousands of interconnected networks spanning the globe. The computers that form the Internet range from huge mainframes in research establishments to humble PCs in peoples homes and offices. Despite the recent publicity, the Internet is not a new thing. Its roots lie in a collection of computers that were linked together in the 1970 s to form the US Department of Defenses communications systems. Fearing the consequenc...
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Facts On File Cd Rom
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Trojan Horses Kevin Mitnick
3,444 wordsby Pc Perps PC Perps by David Stone PC Perps Near the end of the Vietnam War, two college students break into a bank computer using the college+s computer and transfer $ 25, 000 from the Grand Old Party National Committee+s account into the Black Panthers+. One of the students is caught, arrested and prosecuted the other gets away (Sneakers). In 1983, a high school student uses his home computer to try and steal some gaming software from a California vendor+s mainframe and ends up in the Pentago...
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