different between completion vs exploit

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin completio, completionem, from complere (“to fill up, complete”); comparable to English complete +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?m?pli???n/
• Rhymes: -i???n

Noun

completion (plural completions)

1. The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
2. (law) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
3. (American football) A forward pass that is successfully caught by the intended receiver.
4. (mathematics) The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.
5. (mathematics) The space resulting from such an act.

Synonyms

• (state of being complete): completeness, doneness; see also Thesaurus:completion

Antonyms

• (state of being or making complete): incompletion, unfinishedness; see also Thesaurus:incompletion
• (making complete; accomplishment): termination

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• code-completion

Related terms

Translations

References

• completion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Old French esploit (noun), esploitier (verb).

Pronunciation

• (noun) enPR: ?ks'ploit, IPA^(key): /??kspl??t/
• (verb) enPR: ?ksploit', IPA^(key): /?ks?pl??t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Noun

exploit (plural exploits)

1. A heroic or extraordinary deed.
2. An achievement.

3. (computing) A program or technique that exploits a vulnerability in other software.
   • 2004, Rob Shein, Zero-Day Exploit: Countdown to Darkness, Syngress (?ISBN), page xxi:

     One of the more publicized cases that involved a zero-day exploit concerned the compromise of some U.S. military web servers. The attack involved exploiting a buffer overflow vulnerability in a core Windows component; […]

   • 2015, Joxean Koret, Elias Bachaalany, The Antivirus Hacker's Handbook (page 148)

     For example, you can create PE files that are valid PDF exploits or valid ZIP files, valid JPG files, and so on.

Translations

Verb

exploit (third-person singular simple present exploits, present participle exploiting, simple past and past participle exploited)

1. (transitive) To use for one’s own advantage.

   Synonyms: take advantage of, use

2. (transitive) To forcibly deprive someone of something to which she or he has a natural right.

Translations

Anagrams

• Polexit, ex-pilot

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old French esploit (noun), esploitier (verb).

Alternative forms

• exploot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ks?plo?t/

Noun

exploit n (plural exploiten, diminutive exploitje n)

1. (law) A legal document which proves that another document has been handed over to a certain person.

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: eksploit

Etymology 2

From English exploit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??kspl?i?t/

Noun

exploit m (plural exploits, diminutive exploitje n)

1. (computing) exploit

French

Etymology

Deverbal of exploiter. Corresponds with Old French espleit; cf. Latin explicitus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.splwa/

Noun

exploit m (plural exploits)

1. exploit, feat

Synonyms

• performance

Related terms

• exploitable
• exploitant
• exploitation
• exploiter
• exploiteur

Descendants

• ? Italian: exploit

Further reading

• “exploit” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French exploit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eks?plwa/

Noun

exploit m (invariable)

1. exploit, feat

   Synonyms: impresa, performance, prestazione

Further reading

• exploit in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Middle French

Noun

exploit m (plural exploits)

1. use; usage

Related terms

• exploiter

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English exploit.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eks.?pl?jt??/

Noun

exploit m (plural exploits)

1. (computer security) exploit (security vulnerability in a computer system)