chemical engineering

n 1: the branch of engineering that is concerned with the design

and construction and operation of the plants and

machinery used in industrial chemical processes

2: the activity of applying chemistry to the solution of

practical problems

social engineering

Term used among {cracker}s and {samurai} for cracking

techniques that rely on weaknesses in {wetware} rather than

software; the aim is to trick people into revealing passwords

or other information that compromises a target system's

security. Classic scams include phoning up a mark who has the

required information and posing as a field service tech or a

fellow employee with an urgent access problem. See also the

{tiger team} story in the {patch} entry.

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