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Zero-day -
A zero-day is a hack that has been newly published. The zero refers to the fact that it's published before a fix or patch is ready and available. Once there is a known patch then it just becomes a known vulnerability. Further though, if you don't keep your patches up-to-date then all vulnerabilities are zero-day problems for you.