exploit
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Is exploit a Scrabble word?
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- Wordle No
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What is the meaning of exploit?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (computing) A program or technique that exploits a vulnerability in other software.Examples: "One of the more publicized cases that involved a zero-day exploit concerned the compromise of some U.S. military web servers. The attack involved exploiting a buffer overflow vulnerability in a core Windows component; […]"; "For example, you can create PE files that are valid PDF exploits or valid ZIP files, valid JPG files, and so on."
2. (by extension, Internet, video games) An action or technique that takes advantage of the conditions of a video game to gain an advantage, or to disadvantage others.Internetbroadly
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To use (something) to someone's advantage, such as one's own benefit or a society's benefit.Examples: "to exploit natural resources in a sustainable way"; "However, exploiting their 110mph capability will initially only be possible north of Bedford, pending an upgrade of the overhead wires between Bedford and St Pancras by Network Rail to make them suitable for use by electric trains at over 100mph."Synonyms: take advantage of, use, utilizetransitive
2. (transitive) To make unfair use of someone else's labor, person, or property to one's own advantage.Examples: "Materialistic people who exploit others will come to a bad end."transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary