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| The Name ''Leet'' Itself Is Derived From The Word '' | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/elite" class="copylinks">Elite '' (also ''31337'', not 3173) Elite has been used in the past to designate a group of users as belonging to a higher social echelon than other users Originally, "elite" had been reduced to one syllable, "'leet" The origins of the use of "elite" itself is popularly considered to stem from the classic game '' Elite '' for the BBC Master / Micro and contemporary machines, where Elite was the highest status in a series of combat rankings |
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| Computer | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/security" class="copylinks">Security systems often disallow the use of common English words as Password s Leet's use as a way of ciphering English words and phrases as strings of punctuation characters can make it useful as a means of creating memorable passwords that such systems will accept A system that will refuse "Now is the time" as a password will often be quite happy to accept "\0\/\/ 15 7-3 71\/3" |
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| Another Location For Similar Text Obfuscation Is In Multiplayer Gaming, Especially Involving Other Characters From The | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/ASCII" class="copylinks">ASCII set Some multiplayer games allow for users to be evicted (kicked out) by issuing a simple command such as "!kick username" To foil this method, some users have resorted to making their usernames difficult to type An example of this would be "Éï†è Ħàχǒr" Due to the fact that one usually has to use the character map to type these, which is impossible in some games, the user can become virtually impossible to kick off the server However, on many modern games they may be kicked by selecting them in a menu |
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