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spoof |
3 definitions found 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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