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单词 phreak
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phreakn.

Brit. /friːk/, U.S. /frik/
Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: freak n.1
Etymology: Apparently a specific use of freak n.1 (perhaps punning on free call : compare free adj. 24), with spelling apparently influenced by phone n.2 Compare phone phreak n.
A person who fraudulently uses an electronic device to avoid paying for telephone calls or connections, or to make long-distance calls at cheap rate; = phone phreak n. Also in extended use: a person who seeks to bypass security systems on any telecommunications network.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > caller > illegal long-distance
phone phreak1971
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phone phreaker1977
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1971 R. Rosenbaum in Esquire Oct. 119/2 As soon as the phreak takes his finger off the 2600 button, the L.A. tandem assumes the trunk is once again being used because the 2600 is gone.
1972 Daily Tel. 15 Apr. 3/2 There are said to be 150 ‘phreaks’ in this country who swop information and have equipment and dialling codes which give them free use of the world's telephone system.
1995 .net Feb. 50/2 A Talk-Request (or, as UNIX phreaks call it, a Talkd), a place where two people can talk to one another in real time.
2000 ‘Dr. K.’ Compl. Hacker's Handbk. iv. 41 Extra tones such as ST, KP1, KP2 and BREAK are available at the press of a key, so even the most avid phreak will be able to find something in this package to suit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

phreakv.

Brit. /friːk/, U.S. /frik/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: phreak n.
Etymology: < phreak n.
intransitive. To use fraudulently an electronic device to obtain a telephone call or connection without paying for it or at a cheap rate. Also transitive: to obtain (a call or connection) in this way. Also in extended use (cf. phreak n.).
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > communicate with by telephone [verb (transitive)] > without payment
phreak1971
1971 R. Rosenbaum in Esquire Oct. 222/1 He graduated from phreaking around with G.T. & E. to the Bell System itself.
1972 Oxf. Times 9 June 7/5 Used telephone codes and his expert knowledge to ‘phreak’ phone calls.
1991 K. Hafner & J. Markoff Cyberpunk i. 24 When Susan met Roscoe in 1980, he had been phreaking for about a year.

Derivatives

ˈphreaking n.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > telephoning > without payment
phone phreaking1971
phreaking1971
phone hacking1984
1971 Esquire Oct. 222/2 Computer freaking [sic] may be the wave of the future.
1972 Oxf. Times 9 June 7/5 Used telephone codes and his expert knowledge to ‘phreak’ phone calls... 23 attempts at ‘phreaking’, of which seven were successful.
2002 D. Verton Hacker Diaries i. 14 The original Genocide2600 Web site became a repository for dozens of text ‘philes’—files—about old-school hacking and phreaking.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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