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How to pronounce “dictionary attack”
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- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of dictionary attack with real speech in context.
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- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Erin McKean: The joy of lexicography 17 minutes
You know, in a dictionary? (Laughter) Yeah, that's what I thought.
- Definition summary
- (computing, cryptography) An attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words (from a dictionary) to try to guess decryption keys or passwords. [from 1980s]
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How to pronounce dictionary attack
Erin McKean: The joy of lexicography 17 minutes
You know, in a dictionary? (Laughter) Yeah, that's what I thought.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “dictionary attack”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (computing, cryptography) An attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words (from a dictionary) to try to guess decryption keys or passwords. [from 1980s]
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