exploit

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A heroic or extraordinary deed.

   • Hieronimo, it greatly pleaſeth vs, / That in our victorie thou haue a ſhare, / By vertue of thy vvorthy Sonnes exployt.
2. 2

   An achievement.

   • The first trek to the summit of Mount Everest was a stunning exploit.
3. 3

   A program or technique that takes advantage of a vulnerability in other software.

   • 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.
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   1. 4

      An action or technique that takes advantage of the conditions of a video game to gain an…

      An action or technique that takes advantage of the conditions of a video game to gain an advantage, or to disadvantage others.

   2. 5

      To use (something) to someone's advantage, such as one's own benefit or a society's…

      To use (something) to someone's advantage, such as one's own benefit or a society's benefit.

      • to exploit natural resources in a sustainable way
   3. 6

      To make unfair use of someone else's labor, person, or property to one's own advantage.

      • Materialistic people who exploit others will come to a bad end.

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