dumpster diving

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /ˈdʌmp stər ˈdaɪ.vɪŋ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /ˈdʌmp stər ˈdaɪ.vɪŋ/

Definitions of dumpster diving words

noun dumpster diving the practice of foraging in garbage that has been put out on the street in dumpsters, garbage cans, etc., for discarded items that may still be valuable, useful, or fixable. 1
noun dumpster diving picking through refuse bins 1
noun Technical meaning of dumpster diving /dump'-ster di:'-ving/ 1. The practice of sifting refuse from an office or technical installation to extract confidential data, especially security-compromising information ("dumpster" is an Americanism for what is elsewhere called a "skip"). Back in AT&T's monopoly days, before paper shredders became common office equipment, phone phreaks (see phreaking) used to organise regular dumpster runs against phone company plants and offices. Discarded and damaged copies of AT&T internal manuals taught them much. The technique is still rumored to be a favourite of crackers operating against careless targets. 2. The practice of raiding the dumpsters behind buildings where producers and/or consumers of high-tech equipment are located, with the expectation (usually justified) of finding discarded but still-valuable equipment to be nursed back to health in some hacker's den. Experienced dumpster-divers not infrequently accumulate basements full of moldering (but still potentially useful) cruft. 1
noun dumpster diving the practice of searching through dustbins for discarded but still usable or valuable objects such as food or clothes 0
noun dumpster diving (US) the act of recovering, for any purpose, discarded items that would otherwise be sent to a landfill. 0

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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