Cheating

Cheating is taking an unfair or forbidden advantage. In video gaming, examples of cheating include auto aiming, speed hacking, teleport hacking, seeing through walls, becoming invincible, etc. Cheat codes are often activated by pressing buttons or keys, entering a word or phrase, or running a command. For example, a well-known console game cheating code is the Konami code, which is pressing ↑↑↓↓←→←→BA and if done in the Contra console game you'd be rewarded 30 extra lives. This cheat code is still found in pop culture and is a way to activate Easter eggs in software and some websites.

Types of cheating

Below are additional terms describing types of cheating with computer games and other computer-related activities. Someone who participates in any of the following are considered cheaters.

• Account sharing
• Aimbot
• Backdoor
• Botting
• Brain dump
• Butterfly clicking
• Drag click
• Dupe
• Ghosting
• IMBA
• Jitter clicking
• Noclip
• Sandbagging
• Speed hacker
• Stream sniping
• Teleport hacker
• Win trading

What is anticheat?

Anticheat is software included with the game that helps protect a game from cheaters. A good example of an early anticheat software is PunkBuster.

How can I cheat?

Computer Hope does not help with teaching players how to do any types of cheats in a game.

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