wheel wars

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wheel wars

n. [Stanford University] A period in larval stage during which student hackers hassle each other by attempting to log each other out of the system, delete each other's files, and otherwise wreak havoc, usually at the expense of the lesser users.
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wheel wars definition


[Stanford University] A period in larval stage during which student hackers hassle each other by attempting to log each other out of the system, delete each other's files, and otherwise wreak havoc, usually at the expense of the lesser users.
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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010 http://foldoc.org
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Wheel wars is always a great word to know.
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