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Definition of Phreaking
1. Noun. The cracking or exploring of a telephone system, e.g. trying to get free calls or to discover special service numbers or other internal technical information. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of phreak) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Phreaking
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phreaking
Literary usage of Phreaking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Future of Privacy by Perri 6 (1998)
"'Phone phreaking' (the fraudulent theft of telephone line capacity) is growing,
partly because many criminals prefer for reasons of their own security to ..."
2. Dedicated Computer Crime Units by J. Thomas McEwen (1988)
"Hacking and phone phreaking are the two most prevalent types of cases from this
category. Many are reported by either the local telephone company or a ..."
3. The Electronic Intrusion Threat to National Security and Emergency ...by DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1998)
"1986. "The 1986 COSMOS Files Part III: Service Order Input." The Raven (hacker
alias). 1992. "The Ultimate Cellular Phone Phreaking Manual, Parts 1 and 2. ..."
4. The Second Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment: Proceedings by Yusuf Pisan, SIGART. (2005)
"However, while the pleasures of this sort of play may well originate in the risks
involved or harm caused, computer hacking, phreaking, and other such ..."
5. Security Awareness in the 1990's: Feature Articles from the Security by Lynn F. Fischer (1998)
"And he admitted using "phreaking" activities to eliminate long distance phone
charges by using an unauthorized voice-mail system, 1-800 numbers, ..."
6. Deptford.TV Diaries by , deptford.tv (2006)
"... still rather primitive: the marginal zine network, the BBS networks, pirated
software, hacking, phone- phreaking, some influence in print and radio, ..."
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