What language is 1337?

Leet (sometimes written as “1337” or “l33t”), also known as eleet or leet-speak, is another alphabet for the English language that is used mostly on the internet. It uses various combinations of ASCII characters to replace Latinate letters.

What is T in leet speak?

This way, internet users are easily able to understand “1337 5P34K” as “leetspeak”. But what exactly does “1337” or “leet” mean and how did this online code develop?…The leet alphabet.

Letter	Possible counterparts
T	7 , + , † , ‘][‘ , |
U	|_| , µ , [_] , v
V	\/ , |/ , \| , \’
W	\/\/ , VV , \A/ , \\’ , uu , \^/ , \|/ , uJ

Who invented leet speak?

History. Leet originated within bulletin board systems (BBS) in the 1980s, where having “elite” status on a BBS allowed a user access to file folders, games, and special chat rooms. The Cult of the Dead Cow hacker collective has been credited with the original coining of the term, in their text-files of that era.

What is 133t h4x0r?

l33t, also said 1337 or 31337, comes from ‘elite’, another term used by old skool hackers, coders, and people in the demo scene to describe something that deserves respect. Unfortunately it has been severely perverted. Generally speaking, l33t h4x0rs are lonely teenagers who fancy themselves as ‘hackers’.

What is 7 in leet speak?

With a little imagination, for example, a 3 looks like a mirrored E. The number 7 also bears some resemblance to the letter T. This way, internet users are easily able to understand “1337 5P34K” as “leetspeak”….The leet alphabet.

Letter	Possible counterparts
Y	`/ , °/ , ¥
Z	z , 2 , “/_

What is 5 in leet speak?

The leet alphabet

Letter	Possible counterparts
S	5 , $ , § ,? , ŝ , ş
T	7 , + , † , ‘][‘ , |
U	|_| , µ , [_] , v
V	\/ , |/ , \| , \’

Why is 1337 so special?

1337 itself comes from the word elite. Users with elite status on BBSs had the widest access to the system and usually had to be the best hackers in order to achieve that level of access—hence 1337 as slang for “skilled,” in contrast to n00b, or newbie.

What is l33t H4x0r?

What is universal Leet L337?

Universal Leet (L337, L33T, 1337) Converter translates text to leetspeak, or leetspeak to text. Different modes are available (e.g., Braille, Morse code, Greek, Cyrillic, flip, reverse, balloon).

What is leet speak (1337)?

Leet Speak (1337 5p34k), which means elite speak or eleet speak, is an alternative alphabet that replace usual letters with different ASCII characters. This alphabet is used to translate a text so it can be very hard to read for someone that isn’t used to leet speak.

What letters are in the leet?

In its most basic version, the leet replaces at least the letter E by the number 3, the letter O by the number 0, the letters I and L by the number 1, the letter S by the number 5 and the letter T by the number 7. In its advanced version, the leet offers character combinations for a single letter.

What are the clues in the leet speak?

The number 1337 is a big clue, the presence of terms mixing letters and numbers like h4ck1ng (hacking) or g33k (geek) are clues. Feel free to edit this Q&A, review it or improve it! What are the variants of the Leet Speak?