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The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

rootkit /root'kit/, n. [very common] A kit for maintaining root; an automated cracking tool. What script kiddies use. After a cracker has first broken in and gained root access, he or she will install modified binaries such as a modified version login with a backdoor, or a version of ps that will not report the cracker's processes). This is a rootkit.