1. [very common] The lowest form of {cracker}; script kiddies do
mischief with scripts and {rootkit}s written by others, often without
understanding the {exploit} they are using. Used of people with
limited technical expertise using easy-to-operate, pre-configured,
and/or automated tools to conduct disruptive activities against
networked systems. Since most of these tools are fairly well-known by
the security community, the adverse impact of such actions is usually
minimal.
2. People who cannot program, but who create tacky HTML pages by
copying JavaScript routines from other tacky HTML pages. More
generally, a script kiddie writes (or more likely cuts and pastes)
code without either having or desiring to have a mental model of what
the code does; someone who thinks of code as magical incantations and
asks only "what do I need to type to make this happen?"
[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {Jeff K.}{rootkit}{warez kiddies}]