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Meaning of "phreaker" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PHREAKER

phreaker  [ˈfriːkə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHREAKER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Phreaker is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PHREAKER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Phreaking

Phreaking is a slang term coined to describe the activity of a culture of people who study, experiment with, or explore telecommunication systems, such as equipment and systems connected to public telephone networks. The term phreak is a portmanteau of the words phone and freak, and may also refer to the use of various audio frequencies to manipulate a phone system. Phreak, phreaker, or phone phreak are names used for and by individuals who participate in phreaking. The term first referred to groups who had reverse engineered the system of tones used to route long distance calls. By re-creating these tones, phreaks could switch calls from the phone handset, allowing free calls to be made around the world. To ease the creation of these tones, electronic tone generators known as blue boxes became a staple of the phreaker community, including future Apple Inc. cofounders, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. The blue box era came to an end with the ever increasing use of computerized phone systems which sent dialling information on a separate, inaccessible channel.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHREAKER


Arica
əˈriːkə
beaker
ˈbiːkə
chica
ˈtʃiːkə
Dominica
ˌdɒmɪˈniːkə
eureka
jʊˈriːkə
jobseeker
ˈdʒɒbsiːkə
loudspeaker
ˌlaʊdˈspiːkə
reeker
ˈriːkə
seeker
ˈsiːkə
shrieker
ˈʃriːkə
sika
ˈsiːkə
sneaker
ˈsniːkə
speaker
ˈspiːkə
streaker
ˈstriːkə
streeker
ˈstriːkə
sunseeker
ˈsʌnˌsiːkə
tika
ˈtiːkə
tikka
ˈtiːkə
Topeka
təˈpiːkə
wreaker
ˈriːkə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHREAKER

phreak
phreaking
phreatic
phreatophyte
phreatophytic
phrenesiac
phrenesis
phrenetic
phrenetical
phrenetically
phreneticness
phrenic
phrenism
phrenitic
phrenitides
phrenitis
phrenologic
phrenological
phrenologically
phrenologise

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHREAKER

backbreaker
ballbreaker
breaker
circuit breaker
contact breaker
dealbreaker
English speaker
German speaker
heartbreaker
icebreaker
jailbreaker
jawbreaker
keynote speaker
lawbreaker
maker
native speaker
public speaker
squeaker
tie-breaker
tweaker
Windbreaker

Synonyms and antonyms of phreaker in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phreaker» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHREAKER

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The translations of phreaker from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «phreaker» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

飞客
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

phreaker
570 millions of speakers

English

phreaker
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

phreaker
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

phreaker
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фрикер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

phreaker
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

phreaker
260 millions of speakers

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phreaker
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Phreaker
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

phreaker
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フリーカー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

phreaker
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Phreaker
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phreaker
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

phreaker
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्रेकर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

phreaker
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

phreaker
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

phreaker
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Фрікер
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

phreaker
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

phreaker
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

phreaker
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

phreakare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

phreaker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phreaker

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHREAKER»

The term «phreaker» is regularly used and occupies the 79.837 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHREAKER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about phreaker

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHREAKER»

Discover the use of phreaker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phreaker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hack Proofing XML
A phreaker is a hacker variant, or rather, a specific species of hacker. Phreaker is short for phone phreaker (freak spelled with a ph, like phone is). Phreakers are hackers with an interest in telephones and telephone systems. Naturally, there ...
Syngress, 2002
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Steal this Computer Book 4.0: What They Won't Tell You about ...
What happens is that one phone phreaker uses an ordinary pay phone to call a phone phreaker who has a green box attached to his phone. The phone phreaker receiving the call can activate the green box to send the coin collect ( CC) tone ...
Wally Wang, 2006
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Hack Proofing XML
A phreaker is a hacker variant, or rather, a specific species of hacker. Phreaker is short for phone phreaker (freak spelled with a ph, like phone is). Phreakers are hackers with an interest in telephones and telephone systems. Naturally, there ...
CompX Digital
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Scene of the Cybercrime: Computer Forensics Handbook: ...
A huge wealth of information about phreaking is available on the Web, including detailed instructions for “wannabe” phreakers.The phreaker “attitude” (disdain for large corporations such as the telephone company and a belief in the “right” of ...
Syngress, 2002
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Cybercrime: Investigating High-Technology Computer Crime
The profiling of any criminal can be an arduous and time-consuming task; however, the profiling of a hacker or phreaker is perhaps more difficult than for any other crime.While there have been few studies conducted on hackers and phreakers, ...
Robert Moore, 2010
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Hacker Proof
Taking. a. Closer. Look. at. a. Classic. "Phreaker". breakers, unlike hackers, are more concerned with phone systems than computer networks. Today, most people think of the criminals that steal phone cards or your long-distance card pin  ...
Kris A. Jamsa, 2002
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CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional ...
This can include using the PBX to make long-distance calls that are charged to your company's telephone account rather than the phreaker's phone. DISA, like any other security feature, must be properly installed, configured, and monitored in ...
James M. Stewart, Mike Chapple, Darril Gibson, 2012
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Corporate Misconduct: The Legal, Societal, and Management Issues
17 Social engineering refers to the process of making an individual believe that the phreaker is from a telephone or credit card company and convincing that individual to give away the calling card information to the phreaker. Shoulder surfing ...
Margaret P. Spencer, Ronald R. Sims, 1995
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High-Technology Crime Investigator's Handbook: Establishing ...
It also called for the person receiving the call to transfer the call to the high- technology crime investigation unit under one of several ruses, but the phreaker would think that the call was being transferred to allow accesses per the phreaker's ...
Gerald L. Kovacich, William C. Boni, 2011
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The Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey
Phreaker. A diverter is a form of call forwarding. The phone phreak calls the customerâs office phone number after hours, and the call is âdiverted” to the customerâs home. This sort of service is set up so the phone subscriber does not miss ...
Emmanuel Goldstein, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHREAKER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phreaker is used in the context of the following news items.
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Spotlight: The Roswell Report
phreaker (noun) one who gains illegal access to the telephone system. In a sentence: This year's annual conference on culture and technology ... «Cecil Whig, Jun 15»
2
Send A Link To Your Deskmate Via Sound, With A New Google …
Steve Wozniak was a massive phreaking enthusiast and invited the legendary phreaker Cap'n Crunch to his Berkeley dorm room for training in ... «Fast Company, May 15»
3
The Dirty Secret Behind Real Innovation: How Our Urge To Play …
Steve Wozniak, to offer only one example, got his start as a phone phreaker, literally playing with technology for his own amusement. In fact, it's ... «Singularity Hub, May 15»
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Play with Jobs & Woz phone phreak machines without breaking the …
If you're of the electrical bent, you can find some great DIY instructions to make your own phreaker box over on the Fringeneering website. «Cult of Mac, Apr 15»
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The Inside Story Of How Pakistan Took Down The FBI's Most …
Phreaker History. Interestingly, PBX hacking has been around since the late 1950s but has morphed over time. In the beginning, it was really ... «International Business Times, Mar 15»
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The evolution of hacking
The most famous phreaker, John Draper (aka "Cap'n Crunch) earned his nickname because he realized the toy whistle given away in cereal ... «CNN, Mar 15»
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Here is how cyber warfare began — 50 years ago
The most famous phreaker, John Draper (aka “Cap'n Crunch) earned his nickname because he realized the toy whistle given away in cereal ... «wtvr.com, Mar 15»
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How RadioShack Helped Build Silicon Valley
John Draper, the phone phreaker known as “Captain Crunch,” hacked his way into free long-distance calls using a Touch Tone dialer he ... «Wired, Feb 15»
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A Documentary About Joybubbles, Legendary Hacker and Phreaker
Joybubbles is a forthcoming, feature-length documentary about Joe "Joybubbles" Engressia Jr., a blind hacker considered by many to be the ... «io9, Dec 14»
10
What is a Hacker?
John Draper (Captain Crunch). Famous phone phreaker and programmer. A hacker is someone who figures out how to get around things that ... «Backchannel, Nov 14»

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