"war-" meaning in English

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Prefix

Etymology: From the 1983 movie WarGames, which featured war-dialing. Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} war-, {{en-prefix}} war-
  1. Relating to gaining access to network resources, such as Wi-Fi, by locating and exploiting unprotected access addresses. Tags: morpheme Related terms: war-driving, wardriving, war-chalking, warchalking
    Sense id: en-war--en-prefix-ItKhqnrV

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