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Oceanic Motion said:1337 came about by hackers using a "language" that others couldn't understand so they didn't get found out easier, if ever. Well thats what I know it as at least.
Well it was originally used to get round filters on BBS systems that blocked stuff like "Hacker", so "hacker" became "h4cker" and then "h4xor" and then "h4x0r" etc.