Tonight I spotted that number of my followers and following matched. Surprise! Both numbers was 1337 which is very interesting.
Everyone who are geek know what is 1337 "leet" or "leetspeak". But let's describe it little more.
1337speak, or leetspeak, is some kind of language in which people on the internet use involving numbers, letters, and characters. Number 1337 comes from the word leet.
It uses ASCII characters to create words and maybe emoticons like n00b (noob), 101, (lol) etc. The most commonly used by hackers or computer geeks. It is a letter where a certain set of characters or numbers replaces a letter.
Here is 1337 alphabet for every letter:
A - 4
B - 8
C - (
D - |)
E - 3
F - |=
G - 6
H - |-|
I - 1
J - ,|
K - |<
L - |_
M - |/|
N - ||
O - 0
P - 9
Q - 0,
R - |2
S - 5
T - 7
U - (_)
V - /
W - VV
X - ><
Y - '/
Z - 2
Common Terms:
n00b - Noob means Newbie, common used in games, hacking groups etc.
Owned, Pwned – When someone fail. Pwned is term used from the owned. Because p is next to o on the QWERTY keyboard.
Pr0n – Term for porn, used on image and forum boards.
Hax – Name for hack, haxor, or another name for hacker.
w00t – Woot, a word for expressing happiness.
Also there's much more of this 1337 words and internet slang. You can also develop your own or group of people can use it's own 1337 words.
Have fun
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