Lexicon
Oracle
/ˈɒrək(ə)l/
noun: oracle; plural noun: oracles
synonyms: authority, expert, specialist, pundit, guru, mentor, adviser, mastermind, connoisseur
Origin: late Middle English: via Old French from Latin oraculum, from orare ‘speak’.
Glitch
/ɡlɪtʃ/
noun: glitch; plural noun: glitches
Origin: 1960s (originally US): of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘a sudden surge of current’, hence ‘malfunction, hitch’ in astronautical slang.
Virus
/ˈvʌɪrəs/
noun: virus; plural noun: viruses; noun: computer virus; plural noun: computer viruses
Spam
/spam/
noun: spam
Origin: 1930s: apparently from sp(iced h)am . The Internet sense appears to derive from a sketch by the British ‘Monty Python’ comedy group, set in a cafe in which every item on the menu includes spam.
Hack:
/hak/
verb: hack; 3rd person present: hacks; past tense: hacked; past participle: hacked; gerund or present participle: hacking
/ˈɒrək(ə)l/
noun: oracle; plural noun: oracles
- a person or thing regarded as an infallible authority on something.
synonyms: authority, expert, specialist, pundit, guru, mentor, adviser, mastermind, connoisseur
Origin: late Middle English: via Old French from Latin oraculum, from orare ‘speak’.
Glitch
/ɡlɪtʃ/
noun: glitch; plural noun: glitches
- a sudden, usually temporary malfunction or fault of equipment.
Origin: 1960s (originally US): of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘a sudden surge of current’, hence ‘malfunction, hitch’ in astronautical slang.
Virus
/ˈvʌɪrəs/
noun: virus; plural noun: viruses; noun: computer virus; plural noun: computer viruses
- a piece of code which is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data.
Spam
/spam/
noun: spam
- irrelevant or unsolicited messages sent over the Internet, typically to a large number of users, for the purposes of advertising, phishing, spreading malware, etc.
Origin: 1930s: apparently from sp(iced h)am . The Internet sense appears to derive from a sketch by the British ‘Monty Python’ comedy group, set in a cafe in which every item on the menu includes spam.
Hack:
/hak/
verb: hack; 3rd person present: hacks; past tense: hacked; past participle: hacked; gerund or present participle: hacking
- gain unauthorized access to data in a system or computer.
"they hacked into the bank's computer"