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hacker
1. Someone who uses a high degree of computer skill to carry out unauthorized acts within a network: for example, a hacker might have no access rights to a network, yet might bypass all the access controls and carry out some act such as leaving a file in a public directory which describes what they have done. The action of hackers can range from relatively harmless ones to malicious acts where system resources are incapacitated 2. Someone who is possessed of a high degree of computer skills and who employs them in a conventional, non-criminal way. Because of this duality of meaning, hackers who are in the second category use the word CRACKER to describe those in the first category. The second meaning predates the first. |
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DARREL INCE. "hacker." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DARREL INCE. "hacker." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O12-hacker.html DARREL INCE. "hacker." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O12-hacker.html |
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hacker
hacker
1. A person who attempts to breach the security of a computer system by access from a remote point, especially by guessing or otherwise obtaining a password. The motive may be merely personal satisfaction, for example by endeavoring to access a system in another country, but it may occasionally have a sinister intent. 2. Originally, a person who had an instinctive knowledge enabling him or her to develop software apparently by trial and error. |
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JOHN DAINTITH. "hacker." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "hacker." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-hacker.html JOHN DAINTITH. "hacker." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-hacker.html |
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hacker
hack·er / ˈhakər/ • n. 1. inf. an enthusiastic and skillful computer programmer or user. ∎ a person who uses computers to gain unauthorized access to data. 2. a person or thing that hacks or cuts roughly. 3. a person who plays amateur sports without talent or skill: for the weekend hacker, a set of basic golf clubs should suffice. |
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"hacker." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "hacker." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-hacker.html "hacker." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-hacker.html |
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"hacker." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "hacker." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-hacker.html "hacker." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-hacker.html |
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hacker
•alpaca, attacker, backer, clacker, claqueur, cracker, Dhaka, hacker, Hakka, knacker, lacquer, maraca, paca, packer, sifaka, slacker, smacker, stacker, tacker, tracker, whacker, yakka
•Kafka
•anchor, banker, Bianca, canker, Casablanca, Costa Blanca, flanker, franker, hanker, lingua franca, Lubyanka, rancour (US rancor), ranker, Salamanca, spanker, Sri Lanka, tanka, tanker, up-anchor, wanker
•Alaska, lascar, Madagascar, Nebraska
•Kamchatka • linebacker • outbacker
•hijacker, skyjacker
•Schumacher • backpacker
•safecracker • wisecracker
•nutcracker • firecracker • ransacker
•scrimshanker • bushwhacker
•barker, haka, Kabaka, Lusaka, marker, moussaka, nosy parker, Oaxaca, Osaka, parka, Shaka, Zarqa
•asker, masker
•backmarker • waymarker
•Becker, checker, Cheka, chequer, Dekker, exchequer, Flecker, mecca, Neckar, Necker, pecker, Quebecker, Rebecca, Rijeka, trekker, weka, wrecker
•sepulchre (US sepulcher) • Cuenca
•burlesquer, Francesca, Wesker
•woodpecker
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"hacker." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "hacker." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-hacker.html "hacker." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-hacker.html |
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