fusker

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noun

A program or algorithm that downloads images or media from a web site that have not been publicly linked, based on guessing at similar URLs.

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

nounfusker (plural fuskers)

plural fuskers

  1. computingA program or algorithm that downloads images or media from a web site that have not been publicly linked, based on guessing at similar URLs.

Origin

  1. Danishfusker“a person covertly doing work outside official guilds”
  2. Englishfusker

From Danish fusker (“a person covertly doing work outside official guilds”).

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APA

fusker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fusker

MLA

“fusker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fusker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fusker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fusker.

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