dictionary attack

dictionary attack

noun Computers.
1.
an attempt to break into a password-protected computer or computer system with a software program that successively tries all the words in a large dictionary or other word list.
2.
an attempt by a spammer to obtain a list of valid e-mail addresses by testing possible usernames in combination with a domain name.
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dictionary attack
 
n
an attempt to hack into a computer or network by submitting every word in a dictionary as a possible password

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Dictionary attack is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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