Leet

Leetspeak [li ː TSPI ː k] (. Well Leetspeek, 1337, from eng elite, "elite" ) is purely a written language and refers to the net jargon replacing letters with similar looking numbers, and - depending on the definition - even special characters. The common notation for 1337 Leetspeak originated from the English word elite. Care was abbreviated on Eleet to ` leet, which is written in leetspeak as 1337. Other notations are eg 1337 5P34K or 313373rd

Leetspeak may be hard to read and is therefore deemed to be a kind of secret code certain groups of the computer scene. Originally meant quite seriously, but it is now almost exclusively used self-deprecating in the form of individual known pieces or for individualizing Nicknames means of special characters. Otherwise, leetspeak is used primarily in online games use, and it often comes here to impress other players or to exclude less experienced players from the conversation. The senders of spam e- mails use a kind of leetspeak (eg " V1AGR4 " instead of " Viagra " ) to fool spam filters.

• 5.1 Leetspeak alphabet
• 5.2 combinations
• 5.3 mixed forms

Origins

This replacement method is therefore used in advertising emails (UCE = "unsolicited commercial e-mail" ) to obscure stimulus words such as "Viagra" spam filters. In contrast to normal Leetspeak is doing but mostly trying to get the readability, to reach potential customers. example:

Emergence of writing: " 1337 "

In the early days of the Leetspeaks the "1" as "T" was used and the " 7" and "L", as the number " 1337 " has turned 180 degrees as the word written in capital letters "leet " reads. Often, however, made ​​it difficult to " turn the figures " whose writing and readability, so it has almost exclusively obtained later in the term "leet " itself. Most numbers have been assigned other letters later. Not least this is because that the number " 1" is not written in any font with a lower cross bar that represents in a rotated form of the upper crossbar of the " T". The " 7" has a different appearance in different fonts, so the readability would therefore be severely limited in many cases. Therefore later both numbers to replace the letters corresponding to them are now interchanged, and associated with the optical recognizability described above, which can for example be seen in a "7", a "T".

Molding

Due to these developments, a variety of writing styles have emerged; Nevertheless Leetspeak follows a considered individually varying, but fixed orthography and morphology. So the English personal ending - it is basically replaced by verbs and nouns in the singular by - 0r in the plural through - 0rz. The string cks and CK is often replaced by xx. A Ruler will be this way for rul0r, hackers h4xX0rZ. Capital letters are usually not used by some Leet users however, they are used in pseudo - Leetspeak in the middle of words to change the appearance of a single letter.

Leetspeak is also often used in combination with abbreviations and words from the network jargon. A single letter or a digit used this example, as an abbreviation for a word that is in English (or in recent years also in German ) pronounced the same or similar. The word, for example, you will than the letter u, sometimes yu or j00 written. A typical Leetspeak rate would be:

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Application

In addition to the optical change Leetspeak is usually marked by a certain arrogant style of speech. Leetspeak is often used in chats from more experienced players to distinguish themselves from less experienced users - do not understand the Leetspeak usually. Not least because the term is derived from the word leet elite. So Leetspeak users often describe themselves as 2u132 (English ruler = ruler ) or 0wn32 (English owner = owner; to own somebody = to be superior ). Others are against it ( lame english lame = newsgroup- slang a Lamer is a failure ) than 14m32 or 14m02 or Newbies or n00b (also b00n ) lowbirds or N4P = Nap, "non- aiming person " ( = non-aiming person ) or "not a pro" ( = not a professional ) insulted.

Often Leetspeak is frowned upon: on the one hand, there is criticism from people who can not do anything with the mostly youthful subculture. In addition Leetspeak is also criticized by computer activists campaigning for equal access to information for all and the positive reference to an "elite" reject because it is contrary to the hacker ethic or has little to do with traditional 1337 use.

Leetspeak will be also used simple words more interesting work. For example, the word " party " becomes " P4rty ". Here Leetspeak does find application, traditional Leetspeak but it is not, since not all these letters are transliterated accordingly. Just as it is with Leetspeak in games and movie titles, for example, in T4XI ( Taxi 4 ) Driv3r ( Driver 3 ) or F.3.ar ( Fear 3). There Leetspeak but is only applied to miteinzubringen continuation numbers in the title, and thus to make the whole thing look funny. Another example is the current station logo of the ZDF, which is based on the similarity of the number 2 with the letter Z. Depending on how one reads the word mark, it is ZDF or 2DF. For the social network Facebook, there is even a voice output " leetspeak ".

Camber

• ! 1111! 11 = exclamation mark are often written as ones.
• ! 11einseinseinself = several exclamation mark in the form of a one be advertised ( "one, one, one, eleven, ..." )

This mixture of exclamation points, ones, and the advertised numbers is due to typing errors by Fast Typing ago. " " The exclamation mark is entered on a German keyboard layout (and many others) about the combination Shift 1; An error occurred while holding the Shift key thus lead to a quasi-random sequence of 1 and " ". Jokingly, this typo is intentionally installed (mainly for in-game chats, but also in forums or the relevant online community ) to clarify what has been said to give emphasis or to irony.

Gamer A: 1 hlp! !! Gamer B: Can not hear you 111oneone! Outside of player circles is not usually understood this joke.

In this context, Terry Pratchett is often quoted: " Multiple exclamation marks, ' he went on, shaking his head, are a sure sign of a diseased least ' "

Spellings

Leetspeak alphabet

Digits / characters and related letter:

• A = 4, @, / \, / - \, ?, ^, Α, λ

• B = 8, | 3, p, l ³, |>, 13, I3, J3
• C = (, [, <, ©, ¢
• D = | ) | ], Ð, ð, 1 )
• E = 3, €, &, £, ε
• F = | =, PH, | * | - |, | " ƒ, l ²
• G = 6, & 9
• H = 4, | - |, #, } {, ] - [ / - /, ) - (
• I =! , 1, |, ] [, i
• J = _ |, ¿
• K = | <, | {, | ( X
• L = 1, | _, £, |, ] [_
• M = / \ / \ / v \, | V |, ] V [, | \ / | AA, [] V [] | 11 / | \, ^ ^, (V), | Y |
• N = | \ | / \ /, / V, | V / \ \ / | 1, 2,? , ( \ ), 11, r,
• O = 0, 9, (), [], *, °, <>, ø, {[ ]} (9 can also stand for an O - see the squiggle as O)
• P = 9, | °, p, |>, | *, [ ] D, ] [D, | ², |? , | D
• Q = 0_, 0,
• R = 2 | 2, 1 ² ®, ?, Я, 12. -
• S = 5, $, §, ?, Ŝ, ş
• T = 7, , † ' ] [', |
• U = | _ |, μ, [_ ], v
• V = \ / | / \ | \ '
• W = \ / \ / VV \ A /, \ \ ', uu, \ ^ / \ | /, uJ
• X => < ,) (, } {, %, ?, ×, ] [
• Y = `/, ° / ¥
• Z = Z 2, " / _
• Ä = 43 ° A ° ° 4 °
• Ö = 03, ° O °
• Ü = | _ | 3 ° U °

Here, the combinations of a plurality of characters, such as | - | H or VV for W, not attributable to the Leetspeak per se, but rather the ASCII Art

Whole words:

Combinations

• 00 = u
• 0w = au
• Ph = f
• Sh = sch
• Qq = ck, gg, with an uppercase QQ often symbolizes two watery eyes (see also: O_O, U_U, T_T, Y_Y, or V_V )
• Vv ( v v ) = w
• Rn ( r n) = m

Mixed forms

Mixed forms are often used in nicknames. There are different ways to write a name. For example:

• Yetrael = Y372431
• Yetrael = ¥ 3tr4el
• Yetrael = Y3tr43l
• Yetrael = Yetr4e1
• Yetrael = ¥ e7ra3l
• Yetrael = `/ 37 | ² 431