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PS3 Hack Dictionary

If you see any mistakes or incorrect definitions, please tell me so I can edit them!

3.xx

3.41
First hackable firmware via dongle with teensy

3.55
First software hackable firmware

B

Backup Manager
A package for your PS3 where you easily backup your favorite PS3 games without having the hassle to play it with the blu-rays

C

CFW
Custom Firmware

D

Data Transfer
Transfer (copy or move) data that is saved on one PS3 system's hard disk to another PS3 system's hard disk using an Ethernet cable

Debug
Identify and remove errors from a system hardware or software

Dongle
Device used initally to jailbreak the PS3 on 3.41, put it into service mode and allow installation of homebrew

E

.Elf
Executable and Linkable Format, standard file format for executables, object code, shared libraries, and core dumps.

Emulator
Hardware of software that duplicates the processes of another machine.

F

File Manager
A file manager is a computer program that provides a user interface to work with file systems

FTP
File Transfer Protocol, FTP is used to transfer files between computers/systems on a network

G

GeoHot
George Francis Hotz an American that hacked the PS3 for the first time in 2009

H

Homebrew
Video games or other software produced by consumers

J

Jailbreak
The process of removing the limitations of a device and allowing it to run homebrew and various other apps / programs.

M

MFW
Modded firmware

MultiMAN
A multifunctional PS3 Backup Manager

O

OFW
Official Firmware

P

.pkg
PKG files are Package Installer files that are used by the Playstation to install downloadable content from the Playstation network. Developers use these kind of files to install Homebrew applications to the PS3.

PSN RC Servers
An alternative PSN

PUP
Playstation Update Package files are packages which contain the files used to update a PSP or PS3 system. There are 2 different types: patches (PS3PATCH.PUP) and full updates (PS3UPDAT.PUP)

Q

QA Flag
Enables hidden firmware options and removes restrictions

R

Rebug
A 3.55 Custom firmware that allows online play on an alternate PSN

S

.Self
Simple Executable Loader Format, very simple take on the standard .Elf executable format

SP Int
PSN development servers

Spoof
Used for connecting to PSN and to play 3.6x games

Y

YLOD
Yellow Light Of Death: When a ps3 is overheated it starts emitting a yellow flashing light, 2 or 3 beep sounds, the ps3 freezes or your ps3 refuses to startup

Why not just type them in on google if you dont know them that is clearly what this guy is doing you send him words to add he searches on google and puts into his own worlds

Lol your rep number is considered an extremely lucky number in China.

I can't seem to understand why this guy has multiple groans on this thread. If anything this should help out many that are unfamiliar with this area, and pretty useful in reality. Maybe you should add .PKG as a definition. Just my take.

True! People that think this is an afwul post must be einsteins or something like that! I put a lot of work in this thread! Could you give a correct definition of .pkg? This 'dictionary' doesn't help only newbies or noobs but everyone! I was looking for this for a long time,but didn't find one, so I decided to make one myself

Nice, nice. I'll +rep you for the effort and intention. .PKG files are Package Installer files that are used by the Playstation to install downloadable content from the Playstation network. Developers use these kind of files to install Homebrew applications to the PS3.

Becuase im so lucky O.o

Now you're not.

+Rep :carling:

Thank you! I hope this gets sticked one day if there are enough people interested in this 'dictionary' :p

Its not a bad idea