# PWN

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'''[Pwn](/source/Pwn)''' is an Internet slang term meaning to "own" or to "outdo" someone or something.
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== Pwn or its derivations may also refer to ==
* Gaming-pwnage, [video game culture](/source/video_game_culture) slang for beating someone at video games
*Pwnage, the online identity of Samuel Anderson-Anderson, the protagonist in Nathan Hill's novel ''[The Nix](/source/The_Nix)'' (2017)
*[Pwnie Awards](/source/Pwnie_Awards)

== PWN may refer to ==
* Patras Wireless Network, a wireless community network, operating in [Patras, Greece](/source/Patras%2C_Greece)
* Person with [narcolepsy](/source/narcolepsy), as abbreviated by narcolepsy chat and support groups
* [Phrack](/source/Phrack) World News, a service of ''Phrack'' magazine
* [Polish Scientific Publishers PWN](/source/Polish_Scientific_Publishers_PWN) (''Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN''; until 1991 National Scientific Publishers PWN, PWN – ''Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe''), a Polish book publisher
* [Pro Wrestling Noah](/source/Pro_Wrestling_Noah), a pro wrestling promotion
* [Pulsar wind nebula](/source/Pulsar_wind_nebula), an astronomical phenomenon

== pwn may refer to ==
* [Paiwan language](/source/Paiwan_language) ([ISO 639-3](/source/ISO_639-3)).

==See also==
* [Owned](/source/Owned_(slang))
* [PowNed](/source/PowNed)

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