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From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
spoof
n : a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous
way [syn: {parody}, {lampoon}, {sendup}, {mockery}, {takeoff},
{burlesque}, {travesty}, {charade}, {pasquinade}]
v 1: make a spoof of make fun of [syn: {parody}]
2: make a parody of "The students spoofed the teachers" [syn:
{burlesque}, {parody}]
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
spoof vi To capture, alter, and retransmit a communication
stream in a way that misleads the recipient. As used by hackers,
refers especially to altering TCP/IP packet source addresses or other
packet-header data in order to masquerade as a trusted machine. This
term has become very widespread and is borderline techspeak
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
spoof
See {spoofing}.
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