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Computing | Tiger team n. [U.S. military jargon] 1. Originally, a team (of sneakers) whose purpose is to penetrate security, and thus test security measures. These people are paid professionals who do hacker-type tricks, e.g., leave cardboard signs saying "bomb" in critical defense installations, hand-lettered notes saying "Your codebooks have been stolen" (they usually haven't been) inside safes, etc. After a successful penetration, some high-ranking security type shows up the next morning for a `security review' and finds the sign, note, etc., and all hell breaks loose. Serious successes of tiger teams sometimes lead to early retirement for base commanders and security officers (see the patch entry for an example). 2. Recently, and more generally, any official inspection team or special firefighting group called in to look at a problem. A subset of tiger teams are professional crackers, testing the security of military computer installations by attempting remote attacks via networks or supposedly `secure' comm channels. Some of their escapades, if declassified, would probably rank among the greatest hacks of all times. The term has been adopted in commercial computer-security circles in this more specific sense. Source: Jargon File. |
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The term has become popular in the computer world, where the security of computer systems is often tested by tiger teams; one of the earliest examples was with the Multics operating system. A subset of tiger teams are professional crackers, testing the security of military computer installations by attempting remote attacks via networks or supposedly "secure" communication channels. Some of their escapades, if declassified, would probably rank among the greatest hacks of all times.
Recently, and more generally, it has some to mean any official inspection team or special "firefighting" group called in to look at a problem.
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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tiger team | 28 |
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| Language | Translations for "TIGER TEAM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | testgruppe (penetration team). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tunkeutumistestiryhmä (penetration team). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | équipe d'essai de pénétration au système. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Penetrationsysteam (penetration team), Eindringungstruppe (penetration team). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ομάδα δοκιμής διείσδυσης (penetration team). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | gruppo contro la sicurezza (penetration team). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | igertay eamtay equipa de teste de penetração no sistema (penetration team). (various references) equipo de simulación de penetración en el sistema (penetration team). (various references) tigerteam (penetration team). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-i-m-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: aigrette, emigrate. | |
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| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-i-m-r-t-t" | |
+2 letters: attempering. | |
+3 letters: reattempting, reestimating. | |
+4 letters: argumentative, exterminating, gastrectomies, heterogametic, integumentary, magnetometric, premeditating, regimentation, telemarketing. | |
+5 letters: antigovernment, geometrization, heterogameties, intermediating, intersegmental, magnetometries, overestimating, regimentations, telemarketings, thermomagnetic. | |
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