Leetspeak+Mission

Overview
“Leet” is a type of code that replaces letters in words with numbers or symbols. This code also includes intentional misspellings of words. This language code is known as “leetspeak.” It is a code that is mainly used online.

The term “leet” comes from the word “elite,” meaning the best. Leetspeak comes from a communication site known as the [|Bulletin Board System], which began in the 1980s. On BBS, if a user had an “elite” status, then that meant they had access to more areas in the system. Leet was used so that users of BBS could talk about things that would otherwise not be allowed. Using leet allowed them to get around this “text filter.” Since then, leetspeak has been used by many people, outside of BBS. Leetspeak is also commonly used as way for hackers and gamers to communicate online. It gives them a different language that they can communicate with. It is also a faster way for them to communicate. An example of how gamers may use leetspeak, is writing statements out in a different way. For example, if someone wanted to say, “I owned you.” Instead of typing it out, using leetspeak, they could just write Pwnd. Leetspeak has allowed people to both communicate in a different way, and communicate more efficiently.

In leetspeak, leet would be 1337. There are many translation programs available online that can translate English to leet, and leet to English.

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