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Practical joke (redirect from Prank)A practical joke or prank is a trick played on people, generally causing the victim to experience embarrassment, perplexity, confusion, or discomfort...16 KB (1,647 words) - 18:10, 22 May 2025
Osborne, Doug (17 November 2010). "What you don't want to happen when you computer prank someone". geek.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015...20 KB (2,316 words) - 10:22, 20 June 2025- A prank call (also known as a crank call, a hoax call, or a goof call) is a telephone call intended by the caller as a practical joke played on the person...25 KB (3,012 words) - 20:40, 6 June 2025
Virus hoax (redirect from List of computer virus hoaxes)Hoaxes are distinct from computer pranks, which are harmless programs that perform unwanted and annoying actions on a computer, such as randomly moving...17 KB (1,204 words) - 01:15, 18 June 2025
Gangemi, G.T. (1991). Computer Security Basics. O'Reilly. p. 86. ISBN 0-937175-71-4. Anick Jesdanun (1 September 2007). "School prank starts 25 years of...92 KB (9,552 words) - 14:45, 24 June 2025- Elk Cloner (redirect from Elk Cloner (computer virus))was created by Skrenta as a prank in 1982. Skrenta already had a reputation for pranks among his friends. In sharing computer games and software, he would...7 KB (753 words) - 19:29, 24 March 2025
- Cookie Monster was a program created in 1969 for several computer operating systems. The program was named after an obnoxious cartoon bear advertising...4 KB (389 words) - 17:14, 6 September 2023
- Prank Patrol is a British version of the Canadian show of the same name. The show was made by Baker Media for CBBC which specialised in kids programming...17 KB (377 words) - 02:07, 6 February 2025
- Revenge Prank is an American reality television series hosted by Pauly D and Vinny Guadagnino, featuring prank victims who are given the chance to exact...34 KB (1,140 words) - 17:27, 30 October 2024
- Pranknet (redirect from Prank University)Pranknet, also known as Prank University, was an anonymous prank calling virtual community that was involved in a string of malicious pranks and instances of...29 KB (3,610 words) - 19:22, 10 April 2025
- Recordings of soundboard prank calls are popular on the web, especially on video sharing sites such as YouTube. Soundboard prank-calling is often done with...5 KB (481 words) - 14:37, 3 May 2024
Asus ROG Ally (redirect from Ally (computer))in handheld gaming computers. The device was announced on April 1, 2023, leading many to believe it was an April Fools' Day prank, with Asus clarifying...21 KB (1,883 words) - 17:19, 25 June 2025- has a fairly extensive criminal record as a result of his numerous computer pranks. Oliver is African-American. His mother has dressed her son to resemble...42 KB (5,556 words) - 20:08, 26 March 2025
Steve Jobs (category American computer businesspeople)chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar. He was a pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with his early business partner...201 KB (20,049 words) - 13:11, 17 June 2025
Trevor Moore (comedian) (redirect from My computer just became self-aware)segments showcasing pre-taped, man-on-the-street style comedy bits, featuring pranks on and encounters with an unsuspecting public. Moore also collaborated on...33 KB (2,925 words) - 03:15, 17 June 2025
drama series Stranger Things (2016–2025). He also hosted the Netflix show Prank Encounters (2019–2021). In 2022, he co-starred in the coming-of-age comedy...25 KB (1,556 words) - 19:11, 26 June 2025
internet meme in 2010. Indicates that the prank or joke was made by internet trolls, or the user thinks the prank or joke qualifies as internet trolling...37 KB (3,635 words) - 12:31, 22 June 2025- demon they inadvertently summoned during an online séance. After a short prank video by Savage which featured a handful of the film's cast went viral,...21 KB (2,244 words) - 22:23, 16 June 2025
- A black fax is a prank fax transmission consisting of one or more pages entirely filled with a uniform black tone. The sender's intention is generally...4 KB (431 words) - 07:01, 15 December 2024
Swatting (category Computer security exploits)to disguise their identity or country of origin. Swatting has origins in prank calls to emergency services. Over the years, callers used increasingly sophisticated...53 KB (4,692 words) - 11:34, 22 June 2025
- Apple's Biggest Myths - YouTube Did you really invent the computer, or am I being pranked right now? Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report (28 September
- that, as the idea of computer hacking has evolved over the last four decades, the original notion of hacking—i.e., performing pranks or exploring underground
- This could be a prank from a friend or a repair person. A boot-sector virus is a virus that is sitting in the boot-sector of your computer. That is where