different between exploit vs exploitation

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)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French exploitation, from exploiter (“exploit”), from Latin explic? (“unfold, deploy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??kspl???te??n?/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: ex?ploi?ta?tion

Noun

exploitation (countable and uncountable, plural exploitations)

1. The act of utilizing something; industry.
2. The improper use of something for selfish purposes.

   the exploitation of children in beauty pageants

3. The act or result of forcibly depriving someone of something to which he or she has a natural right.

   Undocumented migrants are vulnerable to exploitation

4. The marketing and promotion of a film.
   • 1928, Canada. Dept. of Trade and Commerce, Annual Report

     This territory continued to be the greatest field for the exploitation and distribution of our films non-theatrically, […]

   • 2017, Finola Kerrigan, Film Marketing

     The difference is that obtaining increased financial input during the production phase of the film reduces the risk during the exploitation phase.

Derived terms

Related terms

• exploit
• exploitable

Translations

Further reading

• "exploitation" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 130.

French

Etymology

exploiter +? -ation, Medieval Latin exploitationem

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.splwa.ta.sj??/

Noun

exploitation f (plural exploitations)

1. exploitation

Derived terms

• système d'exploitation

Further reading

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