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warez


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  warez  /weirz/  n.  Widely  used  in  {cracker}  subcultures  to 
  denote  cracked  version  of  commercial  software,  that  is  versions  from 
  which  copy-protection  has  been  stripped.  Hackers  recognize  this  term  but 
  don't  use  it  themselves.  See  {warez  d00dz},  {courier},  {leech},  {elite}. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  warez 
 
  /weirz/  A  term  used  by  {software  pirate}s  use  to  describe  a 
  cracked  game  or  application  that  is  made  available  to  the 
  {Internet},  usually  via  {FTP}  or  {telnet},  often  the  pirate 
  will  make  use  of  a  site  with  lax  security. 
 
  Software  piracy  is  illegal  and  should  be  reported  to  the 
  {Federation  Against  Software  Theft}  (FAST). 
 
  (1994-11-29)