exploit : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: exploit	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for exploit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exploit n a notable achievement; "he performed a great feat"; "the book was her finest effort" Synonym(s): feat, effort, exploit v use or manipulate to one's advantage; "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy" Synonym(s): exploit, work draw from; make good use of; "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely" Synonym(s): exploit, tap work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the students" Synonym(s): overwork, exploit
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exploit \Exploit"\, n. [OE. esploit success, OF. esploit, espleit,revenue, product, vigor, force, exploit, F. exploit* exploit, fr. L. explicitum, prop. p. p. neut. of explicare to unfold, display, exhibit; ex + plicare to fold. See {Ply}, and cf. {Explicit}, {Explicate}.] 1. A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great. Ripe for exploits and mighty enterprises. --Shak. 2. Combat; war. [Obs.] He made haste to exploit some warlike service. --Holland. 2. [F. exploiter.] To utilize; to make available; to get the value or usefulness out of; as, to exploit a mine or agricultural lands; to exploit public opinion. [Recent]
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
exploit n. [originally cracker slang] 1. A vulnerability in software that can be used for breaking security or otherwise attacking an Internet host over the network. The {Ping O' Death} is a famous exploit. 2. More grammatically, a program that exploits an exploit in sense 1,
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
exploit A security hole or an instance of taking advantage of a security hole. "[...] {hackers} say exploit. {sysadmins} say hole" -- {Mike Emke (http://emke.com/)}. Emke reports that the stress is on the second syllable. If this is true, this may be a case of hackerly zero-deriving verbs (especially instantials) from nouns, akin to "write" as a noun to describe an instance of a disk drive writing to a disk. (2001-11-24)