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PWN

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Pwn is an Internet slang term meaning to "own" or to "outdo" someone or something.

Pwn or its derivations may also refer to

Gaming, hacking, or Internet culture
  • Gaming-pwnage, video game culture slang for beating someone at video games
  • Have I Been Pwned?, a website that reports Internet security breaches
  • Pure Pwnage, an Internet series
  • Pwn2Own, a contest
  • Pwnage, the online identity of Samuel Anderson-Anderson, the protagonist in Nathan Hill's novel The Nix (2017)
  • Pwnie Awards
People
  • Pwnsauce, the online identity of a leading hacktivist member of LulzSec

PWN may refer to

  • Patras Wireless Network, a wireless community network, operating in Patras, Greece
  • Person with narcolepsy, as abbreviated by narcolepsy chat and support groups
  • Phrack World News, a service of Phrack magazine
  • Polish Scientific Publishers PWN (Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN; until 1991 National Scientific Publishers PWN, PWN – Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe), a Polish book publisher
  • Pro Wrestling Noah, pro wrestling promotion
  • Pulsar wind nebula, an astronomical phenomenon

pwn may refer to

See also

  • Owned
  • PowNed


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