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Hack value: Hack value is a notion among the hackers that something is worth doing or it is interesting. Hackers May feel that breaking down the toughest network security might give them great satisfaction, and that it is something they accomplished that not everyone could do.

Target of evaluation: A target of evaluation is an IT system, product, or component that is identified/subjected to a required security evaluation. This kind of evaluation helps the evaluator understand that functioning, technology, and vulnerabilities of a particular system or product.

Payload: A payload is an action or set of action has to be done on the target, once the exploit successfully launched. It can be any kind of control, or Denial of service or any other crash or something.

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