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Elite : adj : selected as the best; "an elect circle of artists"; "elite
colleges" [syn: elect]
(noun)
1: a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual
or social or economic status [syn: elite group]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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'Elite \['E]`lite"\ ([=a]`l[=e]t"), n.
See Army organization, Switzerland.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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'Elite \['E]`lite"\, n. [F., fr. ['e]lire to choose, L. eligere.
See Elect.]
A choice or select body; the flower; as, the ['e]lite of
society.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Elite : adj. Clueful. Plugged-in. One of the cognoscenti. Also used as a
general positive adjective. This term is not actually native hacker
slang; it is used primarily by crackers and warez d00dz, for which
reason hackers use it only with heavy irony. The term used to refer to
the folks allowed in to the "hidden" or "privileged" sections of BBSes
in the early 1980s (which, typically, contained pirated software).
Frequently, early boards would only let you post, or even see, a certain
subset of the sections (or `boards') on a BBS. Those who got to the
frequently legendary `triple super secret' boards were elite.
Misspellings of this term in warez d00dz style abound; the forms `l337'
`eleet', and `31337' (among others) have been sighted.
A true hacker would be more likely to use `wizardly'. Oppose lamer.
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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