Own \Own\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Owned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Owning.] [OE. ohnien, ahnien, AS. [=a]gnian, fr. [=a]gen
own, a. See Own, a.]
To hold as property; to have a legal or rightful title to; to
be the proprietor or possessor of; to possess; as, to own a
house.
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owned
1. [cracker slang; often written ?0wned?] Your condition when your machine
has been cracked by a root exploit, and the attacker can do anything with
it. This sense is occasionally used by hackers.
2. [gamers, IRC, crackers] To be dominated, controlled, mastered. For
example, if you make a statement completely and utterly false, and someone
else corrects it in a way that humiliates or removes you, you are said to ?
have been owned? by that person. When referring to games, ?I own0r UT GOTYE
? means that one has mastered Unreal Tournament, Game of the Year Edition
to such a level that even the hardest AI characters are mere lunchmeat, and
that no ordinary mortal player would even receive a point in competition.
There are several spelling variants: 0wned, 0wn0r3d, even pwn0r3d. Hackers
do not use this sense.
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