"script kiddie" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: script kiddies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} script kiddie (plural script kiddies)
  1. (informal, derogatory) A (usually amateur) hacker who compromises files on others' computers or launches attacks on computer systems, using widely distributed computer programs or scripts rather than developing their own. Tags: derogatory, informal Categories (topical): Computing, Internet, People Synonyms: skid, skiddie, script kiddy Related terms: script monkey Translations (hacker who compromises files on others' computers): 腳本小子 (Chinese Mandarin), 脚本小子 (jiǎoběn xiǎozi) (Chinese Mandarin), script kiddie [masculine] (French), Scriptkiddie [neuter] (German), επίδοξος χάκερ (epídoxos cháker) [neuter] (Greek)

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