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Overview
1337 refers to a manner of writing which replaces Latin characters with ASCII characters, as well as to a title ascribed to the most skilled hackers and gamers. 1337, leet, is an abbreviation of the larger 31337, eleet. 1337 is a common substitution cipher which has a loose structure based on substituting numbers for letters and utilizing random capitalization.

**History**
Originally developed in the 1980's by users of the BBS; leetspeak was utilized by hackers to circumvent Bulletin Board System filters meant to prevent open discussion about h4ck1ng. Those who used this loose substitution cipher as a means of accessing otherwise restricted information were deemed, or self ascribed, the title of 1337. As time passed so too did the original intent of the word. Originally, it's intent was to describe the prowess of an individuals hacking ability. At present it is used less to describe the actual eleet, and more as a means of mocking n00bz, leetspeak for someone new to the forum or game.

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