war-dial

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English

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Etymology

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Reference to the 1983 movie WarGames, which featured the practice. By surface analysis, war- +‎ dial.

Verb

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war-dial (third-person singular simple present war-dials, present participle war-dialing or war-dialling, simple past and past participle war-dialed or war-dialled)

  1. To have a computer dial a large number of phone numbers in search of devices for exploitation, such as modems or fax machines.
  2. To engage in a similar activity in another address space, such as IP addresses.
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