piratas informáticos

English translation: hackers

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Spanish term or phrase: piratas informáticos
English translation:hackers
Entered by: Yaotl Altan

21:55 Jul 6, 2006
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Computers: Software / software updates
Spanish term or phrase: piratas informáticos
En cuanto a seguridad, otros navegadores siguen siendo la preferencia de los usuarios, que de alguna manera, perecen no ser de interés para los piratas informáticos, los cuales buscan el pollo gordo y dirigen sus ataques hacia el explorador del líder del Software.
Silvia Gentili
Argentina
Local time: 15:46
hackers
Explanation:
Tal cual

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hack·er1 ( P ) Pronunciation Key (hkr)
n. Informal
One who is proficient at using or programming a computer; a computer buff.
One who uses programming skills to gain illegal access to a computer network or file.
One who enthusiastically pursues a game or sport: a weekend tennis hacker.


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[Perhaps from hacker, amateurish or inept golfer or tennis player (possibly from hack1), or perhaps from hack, practical joke, clever scheme (from dialectal hack, to embarrass, confuse, play a trick on).]

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Note added at 19 mins (2006-07-06 22:14:43 GMT) Post-grading
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A la orden, ya sabe colega :)
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Yaotl Altan
Mexico
Local time: 12:46
Grading comment
I agree. Thank you much:)
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2computer pirates
Luis Medina
5 +2hackers
Yaotl Altan
5hacker
Maria Luisa Duarte


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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
computer pirates


Explanation:
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BBC News | UK | Software black market spirals
Trading standards are the agency which organises raids on suspected computer pirates and other black marketeers, but now they are also involved in the fight ...
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1270285.stm - 35k - Cached - Similar pages

The Risks Digest Volume 10: Issue 66
... an Esquire article about computer pirates breaking in to the Bell System, and the recent splashy appearance of the NRC report, "Computers at Risk". ...
catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/10.66.html - Similar pages

The Risks Digest Volume 15: Issue 45
Here is this in-famous text (translation by messenger): "Washington, February 5 (AFP) - Computer pirates have cracked the largest computer network in the ...
catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/15.45.html - Similar pages

[Full-Disclosure] GUNINSKI THE SELF-PROMOTER
Microsoft and its peers say the tell-all model of publicizing software problems is a road map for computer pirates. Chairman Bill Gates is the driving force ...
lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-July/006507.html - 15k - Cached - Similar pages

Sinclair User 26 - News
"It seems outrageous that the Government is, by this action, endorsing and giving support to computer pirates, from simple games piracy to industrial ...
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plep Archive
'The patron saint of poets, plagiarists, computer pirates, and computer hackers ... ' (He also brought Christianity to Scotland). ...
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Netribution > News > Northern Exposure > Edinburgh Council Porn Scam
The scam was uncovered on Tuesday this week after a tip-off to trading standards officers, who caught the computer pirates during a late-night raid. ...
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Panel Urges Spreading Information Technology to Fight Poverty
Consideration of existing and potential threats in the sphere of information and communication network security, including the presence of computer pirates ...
www.iwar.org.uk/news-archive/2003/02-12.htm - 36k - Cached - Similar pages

Bad Joke Generator - _prophetic_fool Jokes
... mitch hedberg, monty python, my ipizzy, natalie portman, new york mets, november, ok computer, pirates, politics, rain, random conversations, reading, ...
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Views from the Edge > Viridian Note 00283
landmine that makes computer pirates blow right up! If it's sauce for the geek goose, it's sauce for the geek gander. ...
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Luis Medina
Mexico
Local time: 12:46
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nedra Rivera Huntington: As "hacker" is used in Spanish, I'd say this, although it's not entirely clear from the context. http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/netiquet.htm
14 mins
  -> Gracias, nedra

agree  Antonio Barros: pirates X hacker: www.commentcamarche.net/secu/secuconn.php3
17 mins
  -> Really? I think we all would like to know the difference.
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
hacker


Explanation:
a computer enthusiast who attempts to gain unauthorized access to a computer system.




Maria Luisa Duarte
Spain
Local time: 20:46
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
hackers


Explanation:
Tal cual

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Note added at 4 mins (2006-07-06 22:00:23 GMT)
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hack·er1 ( P ) Pronunciation Key (hkr)
n. Informal
One who is proficient at using or programming a computer; a computer buff.
One who uses programming skills to gain illegal access to a computer network or file.
One who enthusiastically pursues a game or sport: a weekend tennis hacker.


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[Perhaps from hacker, amateurish or inept golfer or tennis player (possibly from hack1), or perhaps from hack, practical joke, clever scheme (from dialectal hack, to embarrass, confuse, play a trick on).]

[Download Now or Buy the Book]
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hacker

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Note added at 19 mins (2006-07-06 22:14:43 GMT) Post-grading
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A la orden, ya sabe colega :)

Yaotl Altan
Mexico
Local time: 12:46
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
I agree. Thank you much:)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lorena Vicente
3 mins
  -> Gracias, colega :)

agree  Gabriela Rodriguez: :)), buen finde Yaotl!!!!
19 hrs
  -> Gracias, colega :)
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