It's not really an age thing. If you don't know anything about Dota or the MOBA genre, these concepts will be meaningless. Let's translate to the more commonly

It's not really an age thing. If you don't know anything about Dota or the MOBA genre, these concepts will be meaningless. Let's translate to the more commonly understood First Person Shooters. In a FPS, you don't know if someone is hiding behind a door. But with cheats on, the cheat program could be reading game data and know that someone is behind a door. It could highlight that person on your screen in a red color, that way you can see them even tho they are hidden. It could also move your mouse cursor automatically for you so you get an easy headshot without even trying to aim. Neither of these involve modifying outgoing network traffic.