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Note to players: We are looking for a common prefix, but you can also just say any of the referenced terms. Team Cymru (“COME-ree”) runs a community filter list that helps routers filter addresses in a space whose name includes this prefix. On Linux, the /proc/cpuinfo (“prock slash CPU info”) file contains a value named for this prefix and the word “Mips”, which measures how fast the CPU executes (15[1])certain busy-loop instructions. This prefix appears in the word for packets, similar to Martian packets, whose source IP address isn’t in the valid range allocated by IANA. An algorithm whose name includes this prefix has a humorous (*) “quantum” version that destroys the universe (10[2])if (10[1])it isn’t (10[1])successful. Random permutations are generated until one is found in the right order in that ineffective sorting algorithm named for this prefix. For 10 points, name this four-letter prefix derived from a word meaning “fraudulent” or “fake”, which shares its name with an unrelated acronym for a common marketing promotion. ■END■

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