Owned 903641 225261734 2008-07-12T19:27:19Z 201.3.108.44 '''Owned''' is a [[slang word]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anthrosource.net/doi/abs/10.1525/an.2006.47.1.62.2|title=Society For Linguistic Anthropology newsletter}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swin.edu.au/sbs/ajets/journal/V3N2/pdf/V3N2-2-Blashki.pdf|title=Australian Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society}}</ref> that originated among 1990s hackers, where it referred to "[[rooted|rooting]]" or gaining administrative control over someone elses computer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20020816141834/http://www.phrack.org/show.php?p=48&a=2|title=Phrack Loopback|publisher=Phrack|date=Sep. 1, 1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://groups.google.com/group/alt.sysadmin.recovery/msg/becb128a88d144f5?dmode=source&hl=en|title=Re: An unusual situation|publisher=alt.sysadmin.recovery|date=Jun. 21, 1996}}</ref> The term's original usage was close to that of the traditional meaning of the word "own" - for instance, "I owned the network at MIT" indicated that the speaker had cracked the servers and had the same root-level privileges that the legitimate owner of the servers had. "Owned", a later variant, became more common in the late 1990s, as did the more abstract usage referring to any compromised security mechanism. By 1997, "owned" was regularly used in website defacements,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://attrition.org/mirror/attrition/1997/11/14/spice/|title=Spice Girls website defacement|publisher=attrition.org|date=14 Nov.1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://attrition.org/mirror/attrition/1997/12/08/www.yahoo.com/|title=Yahoo website defacement|publisher=attrition.org|date=8 Dec. 1997}}</ref> and it subsequently spread to gaming circles, where it was used to refer to defeat in a game. For example, in [[Counter-Strike: Source]] or [[Call of Duty 4]], if someone makes a particularly good kill shot, they might say owned or pwned. Owned has now spread beyond computer and gaming contexts and become part of standard slang, where it typically entails severe defeat or humiliation, usually in an amusing way or through the dominance of an opposing party.<ref name=jargon>[http://catb.org/jargon/html/O/owned.html ''Owned''] from the [[Jargon File]], version 4.4.7. Retrieved 2007-09-22</ref> Other variations of the word owned include own3d, 0wn3d and pooned,<ref name=jargon/> terms which incorporate elements of [[leet]]speak. At some point, the variant term [[pwn|"pwned"]] appeared in the same subculture; this alteration originated from [[typo]]s that occurred when hasty gamers tried typing too fast on the [[Keyboard (computing)|keyboard]], thus missing the "o" and typing "p" instead. [[Pwn]] has become a term in its own right but is sometimes still verbally pronounced {{IPA|'''[oʊn]'''}} in recognition of its origin. It seems a popular pastime is to write "owned", "pwned", "pwn3d", etc, on pictures depicting humiliation or defeat. There have been several websites dedicated to this such as [http://www.owned.com Owned.com]. This site also contains videos of similar situations (many of which can also be found on [[YouTube]]). ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Internet slang]] [[de:Computerspieler-Jargon]] [[es:Owned]] [[fr:Lexique du jeu vidéo]] [[nl:Owned]] [[pt:Owned]]