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Owned is a slang word[1][2] that originated among 1990s hackers, where
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it referred to "rooting" or gaining administrative control over someone
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typically follows severe defeat or humiliation, usually in an amusing way
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or through the dominance of an opposing party.[3] Other variations of the
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word owned include own3d, 0wn3d, pwned, and pooned,[3] terms which
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incorporate elements of leetspeak.
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Recent changes In 2009, Newgrounds described a security vulnerability in ActiveX as A message from an "owning" hacker.
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leaving Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server users open to a "Browse-
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And-Get-Owned" attack.[4]

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The term's original usage was close to that of the traditional meaning of the word own for instance, "I owned the network at
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MIT" indicated that the speaker had cracked the servers and had the same root-level privileges that the legitimate owner of
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Cite this page Owned was regularly used in website defacements.[5][6]

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Download as PDF The term "owned" subsequently spread to gaming circles, where it was used to refer to defeat in a game. For example, if a
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player makes a particularly impressive kill shot or wins a match by an appreciable margin in a multiplayer video game, it is not
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uncommon for him or her to say owned to the loser(s), as a manifestation of victory, a taunt, or provocation. Ownage has
become a modern equivalent to "turkey shoot" applicable when an experienced faction predictably annihilates a beginner or
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disadvantaged faction. In slang form, owned can be an adjective (He is owned), owning can be a verb (He is totally owning
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References [ edit ]

Edit links 1. ^ "Society For Linguistic Anthropology newsletter" .

2. ^ "Australian Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society" (PDF).
3. ^ a b Owned from the Jargon File, version 4.4.7. Retrieved 2007-09-22
4. ^ Tom Fulp, "Microsoft Warns Of 'Browse-And-Get-Owned' Attack", InformationWeek, July 7, 2009.
5. ^ "Spice Girls website defacement" . attrition.org. 14 Nov 1997.
6. ^ "Yahoo website defacement" . attrition.org. 8 December 1997.

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