Hacker (disambiguation)

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Hacker has different meanings in several different fields, contexts, and is also the name of various media publications.

Contents 1 Computers and engineering 2 Culture 3 People named Hacker 4 Other definitions 5 See also

[edit] Computers and engineering

The definition of a Hacker that is most widely considered as correct is a person that is highly computer literate. This is usually mistaken for someone that performs malicious or illegal tasks using a computer. The term 'hacker' in general conversation is often used as the aforementioned misconceived meaning.

Definitions of this word:

• Hacker, a person that is highly computer literate, especially in terms of programming.
  • Hacker definition controversy
  • Hacker (computer security), a hacker involved in network security
    • Black hat hacker, a hacker who commits criminal intrusions into technological systems for some real or perceived gain
    • White hat hacker, those who attempt to break into systems or networks in order to help the owners of the system by making them aware of security flaws, etc. (Often work in, or start businesses based of security and security flaws.)
    • Grey hat hacker
• A player of NetHack, and other related Roguelike games.
• Hardware hacker

[edit] Culture

• Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, a book by Steven Levy
• Hackers (film), a 1995 movie starring Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee Miller
• Hackers (novel), a novelization of the movie
• Hackers (short stories), a collection of short stories edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• Hacker (game), a card game published by Steve Jackson Games
• Hacker (computer game), a 1985 game by Activision
• The Hacker, a French electroclash and techno record producer
• XAKEP (Hacker), a Russian cyberculture hi

[edit] People named Hacker

• Arthur Hacker, painter
• Benjamin Thurman Hacker, Rear Admiral in the United States Navy
• George Hacker, head of the Alcohol Policies Project of the Center for Science in the Public Interest
• Jim Hacker, the fictional Prime Minister of Yes, Prime Minister
• Marilyn Hacker, American poet, critic, and reviewer
• P.M.S. Hacker, philosopher
• Sally Hacker, feminist sociologist
• J. Random Hacker, the mythical/archetypal hacker nerd

[edit] Other definitions

• Hacker (folklore), a mythological race in Scandinavian folklore
• Reality hacker, similar to a computer hacker, but hacks the "real world"
• Wetware hacker
• Hacker, in golf, can describe one whose golf game is unacceptably below the average par for a course, or mean a duffer, a mediocre player who enjoys playing but makes no serious effort to improve his skill.
• Hacker (and Hack) are also terms for a taxicab driver (from the shortened form of hackney carriage).
• Hacker can be a musician who plays out of turn or shows off constantly
• Media hacker, someone who uses the media in new ways.
• A hacker is another name for somebody who uses cheats including aimbots, wallhacks, particularly in video games. These cheaters may be referred to as "hackers"
• Hacker, a person skilled in the creation of a hack (masonry)

[edit] See also

• Hack (disambiguation)
• List of people by name: Hack-
• Freddyhack (organization)

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