Leet or Leetspeak (often written in Leet as 1337 or 13375p34k) is a writing system used primarily on the Internet, particularly on IRC but nowadays also in most online video games, which uses various combinations of alphanumerics to replace proper letters. The term itself is a form of the word elite, and generally has the same meaning when referring to the hacking or the gaming skills of another person.
Leet began as a form of writing made to bypass word filters. It is also used to mock newbies on web sites, or in gaming communities. It involves the modification of written text by substitution of some letters, numbers, and other characters for the usual ones, and by use of characteristic variations in grammar, spelling and idiom. These perturbations are chosen, and interpreted, through visual resemblances, abstract connections (usually involving knowledge about computers), or known conventions. Leet spellings are generally not fixed, and users often take pride in developing new ones whose interpretation requires cleverness or appropriate background knowledge.
Leet has its own colloquialisms, many of which originated as jokes based on common typing errors, habits of new computer users, or knowledge of Internet culture and history. Leet is not solely based upon one language or character set. Greek, Russian, Chinese, and other languages have Leet forms, and Leet in one language may use characters from another where they are available. As such, while it may be referred to as a "cipher", a "dialect", or a "language", Leet does not fit squarely into any of these categories. This article primarily concerns the English language variant of Leet.
For example, the term leet itself is often written l33t, or 1337, and many other variations. After the meaning of these became widely familiar, 10100111001 came to be used in its place, because it is the binary form of 1337, making it more of a puzzle to interpret
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2007-03-28 02:32:53
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answered by Vidhi 2
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1337 is also a variant spelling of the word "leet".
Leet or Leetspeak (often written in Leet as 1337 or 13375p34k) is a writing system used primarily on the Internet, particularly on IRC but nowadays also in most online video games, which uses various combinations of alphanumerics to replace proper letters. The term itself is a form of the word elite, and generally has the same meaning when referring to the hacking or the gaming skills of another person.
2007-03-28 09:31:50
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answered by Zarathustra 4
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in hackers' language, where the word hacker is spelled h4X0r or sumthin, 1337 means LEET, or short for Elite. Basically, if you see the word 1337, then the person it is describing is pro at sumthin, usually a game like Counter-strike.
2007-03-28 09:33:59
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answered by sw4_1994 3
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1337 = LEET ~ Elite
2007-03-28 09:30:51
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answered by a_talis_man 5
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1337 looks like leet -- meaning "elite", usually used in MMORPGs when people get a good kill or something
2007-03-28 09:32:09
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answered by Anonymous
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Leet - A language in which numbers and symbols are put together to look like letters.
Originally meant "eleet" (elite), and was used to refer to a notorious hacker group; now refers to especially skilled gamers, and also to newbies who excessively use what I call "e-speak" in chat.
2007-03-28 09:32:28
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answered by Bad Kitty! 7
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It's 'computer speak' for leet, which is a shortened word for elite. It means you're good with computers.
2007-03-28 09:31:52
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answered by They call me ... Trixie. 7
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Leet... geek talk, computer haxxor talk, the way of the force Luke
2007-03-28 09:31:35
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answered by madbaldscotsman 6
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it is a number lol
2007-03-28 09:31:41
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answered by June 4
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