PWN

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PWN stands for:


pwn stands for:

  • pwn - ISO 639-3 code of the Paiwan language
  • .pwn - file format for documents in the Pawn programming language
  • a term in computer gamer jargon , it is used synonymously with "own" ( English to have, to rule over ); derived from:
    • Gaming pwnage, gamer slang for "beating someone in video games"
    • Have I Been Pwned? , Website that reports internet security problems
    • Pure Pwnage , Internet Series
    • Pwn2Own , hack competition
    • Pwnie Awards , Hack Award
    • Pwnsauce , online identity of a leading LulzSec hacktivist
    • " Pwnage ", online identity of Samuel Anderson-Anderson, protagonist in Nathan Hill's novel The Nix (2017)

See also