The term script kiddie originated as a reference to young computer enthusiasts who download malicious code(e.g., viruses. denial of service [DoS]) generated by crackers, rather than author it, and conduct mischievous exploits. Kiddies are mostly not malicious, just bored. They are similar to street gangs who have created a way to tag the Internet(viral code) and invented their own form of graffiti(Web site defacements). They have gang wars online(using thousands of remote computers controlled by Internet relay chat[IRc] bots) and are immature.