exploit
English
Etymology
From Old French esploit (noun), esploitier (verb).
Pronunciation
- (noun) enPR: ĕks'ploit, IPA(key): /ˈɛksplɔɪt/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (verb) enPR: ĭksploit', IPA(key): /ɪksˈplɔɪt/
Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɔɪt
Noun
exploit (plural exploits)
- A heroic or extraordinary deed.
- c. 1587 (date written), [Thomas Kyd], The Spanish Tragedie: […] (Fourth Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for T[homas] Pauier, […], published 1602, OCLC 1121309224, Act I:
- Hieronimo, it greatly pleaſeth vs, / That in our victorie thou haue a ſhare, / By vertue of thy vvorthy Sonnes exployt.
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- An achievement.
- The first trek to the summit of Mount Everest was a stunning exploit.
- (computing) A program or technique that exploits a vulnerability in other software.
- 2004, Rob Shein, Zero-Day Exploit: Countdown to Darkness, Syngress, →ISBN, page xxi:
- 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; […]
- 2015, Joxean Koret, Elias Bachaalany, The Antivirus Hacker's Handbook (page 148)
- 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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- (by extension, Internet, video games) An action or technique that takes advantage of the conditions of a video game to gain an advantage, or to disadvantage others.
Derived terms
- zero-day exploit
Translations
heroic or extraordinary deed
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achievement
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computing security
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Verb
exploit (third-person singular simple present exploits, present participle exploiting, simple past and past participle exploited)
- (transitive) To use for one’s own advantage.
- 2019 October, Tony Miles and Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 53:
- However, exploiting their 110mph capability will initially only be possible north of Bedford, pending an upgrade of the overhead wires between Bedford and St Pancras by Network Rail to make them suitable for use by electric trains at over 100mph.
- Synonyms: take advantage of, use
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- (transitive) To forcibly deprive (someone) of something to which she or he has a natural right for one's own benefit.
- Materialistic people who exploit others will come to a bad end.
Translations
exploit — see take advantage of
use for one’s advantage
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Anagrams
- Polexit
Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old French esploit (noun), esploitier (verb).
Alternative forms
- exploot
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛksˈploːt/
Noun
exploit n (plural exploiten, diminutive exploitje n)
- (law) A legal document which proves that another document has been handed over to a certain person.
Descendants
- → Indonesian: eksploit
Etymology 2
From English exploit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛksplɔi̯t/
Noun
exploit m (plural exploits, diminutive exploitje n)
- (computing) exploit
French
Etymology
Deverbal from exploiter. Corresponds with Old French espleit; cf. Latin explicitus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛk.splwa/
Audio (file)
Noun
exploit m (plural exploits)
- exploit, feat
- Synonym: performance
Related terms
- exploitable
- exploitant
- exploitation
- exploiter
- exploiteur
Descendants
- → Italian: exploit
Further reading
- “exploit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French exploit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ekˈsplwa/**[1]
- Rhymes: -a
Noun
exploit m (invariable)
- exploit, feat
- Synonyms: impresa, performance, prestazione
References
- exploit in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading
- exploit in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Middle French
Noun
exploit m (plural exploits)
- use; usage
Related terms
- exploiter
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English exploit.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /eks.ˈplɔjt͡ʃ/
Noun
exploit m (plural exploits)
- (computer security) exploit (security vulnerability in a computer system)