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ASM
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Abbreviation for Assembler.
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Assembler
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Low level programming language, commonly used by crackers.
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Bad boy
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The jump that points to that routine that is executed when the program is unregistered
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Begar off
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see: Bad boy
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Cracking
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Illegally registering a program by searching and / or modifying the code in that way, it has the same functionality as the legally registered program
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Crippled software
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Software that has disabled functions
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Dead list(ing)
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List containing the disassembled code of a program
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Good boy
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The jump that points to that routine that is executed when the program is registered.
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Hexeditor
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Program used to change a certain amount of bytes in a file, commonly used to patch a program
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Keygen
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Program that calculates a valid serial for a program
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Lamer
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Expression commonly used on IRC meaning: an annoying, difficult, childish, naïve, etc... person. Someone you don't like at all.
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Nag
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Graphical object (window, painting,....) that's intended to remind people their program isn't registered
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Patch
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Little program that changes another program's code in order to run differently, in cracking used to make a program registered.
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Reverse engineering
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Finding out how something works. You reverse, translate, uncover information.
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SoftICE
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Program by Numega made to debug a program, commonly used by crackers to crack programs.
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Splash screen
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Graphical object that disappears after a certain amount of time, intended to show what program you are running, or to remind you to register a program. Has some similarity with a "nag"
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Trial
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Period you can legally use an unregistered shareware / demo program
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W32DSM
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Program intended to disassemble other programs
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