What Does the Term “pwn” Mean?

Question
In I.T. culture, there is a term "pwn". What does it mean?

Answer
In video game culture, there is a term "pwn" [1]. The past tense is "pwned" [1]. According to Wikipedia [2] it can refer to Phrack World News. It could be a reference to unauthorized computer usage (as it amounts to internet slang) and can refer to Phrack World News [3]. It could refer to hacking into a system.

[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/pwn-what-it-means-and-how-you-say-it

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PWN

[3] http://phrack.org/issues/69/3.html

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