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wargames


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  WarGames 
 
    (Not  "War  Games")  A  1983  film  about  a  schoolboy 
  {cracker}  using  a  {wardialer}  to  try  to  break  into  a  games 
  company's  computer  and  accidentally  connecting  to  a  {backdoor} 
  into  "Whopper",  a  ficticious  {C3}  computer  at  Norad  (USAF). 
  He  then  procedes  to  unwittingly  initiate  global  thermonuclear 
  warfare.  Playing  naughts  and  crosses  finally  teaches  Whopper 
  that  the  only  way  to  win  the  game  is  never  to  play. 
 
  {IMDb  (http://us.imdb.com/Title?WarGames+%281983%29)}. 
 
  (1999-03-08)