Con

Con may refer to any of the following:

1. Con is an MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows reserved word. It's an abbreviation of the word console.

2. Con is also an abbreviation for confidence, in reference to a malicious manipulation of a person's trust. It may be used as a verb, as in "He conned me out of $20." It may also be used as an adjective, as in "He is a con man." As a noun, it refers to a "confidence scheme," as in, "We thought he would deliver on his promises, but the whole thing was a con."

In computing, an example of a con is phishing, where a user trusts (places confidence in) a malicious e-mail.

3. A con is any negative feedback or lack of features of a product. For example, the pros and cons of Linux vs. Windows.

4. Short for conference, con is used as an abbreviation when describing a conference or another get together.

5. In the MMORPG (Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) EverQuest, con is an abbreviation for "consider." The command /con may consider (evaluate the properties of) an object or NPC (Non-Player Character).

Computer abbreviations, Computer crime, Game terms, Phishing, Security terms, TLA