Online cheating (in gaming) usually refers to modifying the game experience to give one player an advantage over others, such as using an "[[aimbot]]"{{Snd}}a program which automatically locks the player's crosshairs onto a target{{Snd}}in shooting games.<ref>{{cite dictionary|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cheating|title=Cheating|dictionary=Dictionary.com|access-date=December 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/commentary/games/2007/04/gamesfrontiers_0423|title=What Type of Game Cheater Are You?|last=Thompson|first=Clive|date=December 19, 2012|access-date=2009-09-15|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3149/how_to_hurt_the_hackers_the_scoop_.php|title=How To Hurt The Hackers|access-date=June 1, 2017}}</ref> This is also known as "hacking" or "glitching" ("glitching" refers to using a [[glitching|glitch]], or a mistake in the code of a game, whereas "hacking" is manipulating the code of a game). Cheating in video games is often done via a third-party program that modifies the game's code at runtime to give one or more players an advantage. In other situations, it is frequently done by changing the game's files to change the game's mechanics.<ref>Carter, M. & Gibbs, M. (2013) "eSports in EVE Online: Skullduggery, Fair Play and Acceptability in an Unbounded Competition." In Proceedings of FDG'13. ACM</ref>
