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The truth is that even with a strict definition, it is subject to change.

The meaning of a word or term today may not be the same tomorrow, languages evolve with the way people communicate, not with the way they get defined.

0-day is a good example, because people outside the security field only care about whether they're vulnerable or not, not about the intricacies of the term.




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