Fake (data-processing)

All in all, a fake indicates something of forgery, of faked.

The term fake (of English: false ) has several directions in the data-processing field:

In a play on line, one names fake a participant who uses another Pseudonyme that his regular pseudonym, with an aim, for example, of “ dédoubler ” (and to cheat). In good French one can use the expression false-nose .
On the networks of Remote loading Peer-to-peer, the fakes are files whose title and contents do not correspond. They are placed in this manner either to laugh, or in order to discourage the Contrefaçon, and there, the deposit of the fakes is ensured by the distributers or the authors of works and the software. In this last case, the files in question can be conceived in a rather perverse way and contain for example a valid beginning, corresponding to the heading, or constitute a strongly faded version of the file of origin, etc
a fake can also be a fake (for example, a Photomontage). For example on a V-tuning. By extention one also finds on the Web of the vidéos faked with like principal vectors of the sites like Dailymotion or YouTube, of the pieces of music, and even of the Web sites taking again the style and the set of themes of truths sites but by diverting the contents. One can often compare the fake to the Parodie. See an example here which gathers fake of all natures.
On a Blog, Myspace or another space of lodging of profiles, a fake or fake profiles is an individual being made pass for another Net surfer having acquired a certain notoriety from the number of visits, comments or articles being devoted him.

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