Define L337 Meaning

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Created in 1980 by the original hackers of the Bulletin Board System. l337 is a variation os the word 'leet', which itself is derived from the word elite. Elite has been used in the past to designate a group of users as belonging to a higher social echelon than other users. The term Elite was gained from the classic game Elite.

The letter... could also be:
A - 4, /\, @, ^
B - 8, 13, %, ß
C - , ?
E - 3, &
F - (=, |=, ph
G - 6, &, (_+, 9
H - #, (-), /-\, \~\
I - 1, !, eye,
J -

Many people will argue that it started with the popular game Counter Strike, but X's def. is the most correct. According to "The Hacker Crackdown" by Bruce Sterling, it was an invented language used to confuse FBI and NSA sniffing programs during Operation Sundevil, when the government placed "wiretaps" on the Killer server to find hackers. Used extensively after the E911 document scandal and the theft of Korn 78 and other UNIX programs by AT&T. Google "Fry Guy", "Terminus", "Gail Thackery", "Acid Phreak" and "Phiber Optik" for more information. Discontinued among true hackers thanks to encryption engines and PGP keys.

politeness is bieng able to speak l337 speak but having the sense and intelligence to talk like a normal person

An internet sub-language used to either disguise what is being said, so that those who don't know it can't understand (especially authority), or as internet/gaming shorthand.

Commonly humourous and antagonistic
e.g. d00d i p(-)|_|9|

"L337" (pronounced "Leet") is short for Elite.

A language used by Hackers,Crackers,Gamers and script kiddies alike. It's popular everywhere on the internet and you can't turn your back without seeing someone typing in l337

a sort of language once used to evade authority, and of people finding out about hackers on search engines, it's a language originally consiting of only numbers and letters. now it's used by assholes who think they're so cool and wannabe's who spend toouch time studying megatokyo.

Short for "Elite" in "l337 speak".

Elite meaning very good, kick ass, etc. Used alot in gaming. Can also be l33t