Hacker has different meanings in several different fields:

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.
    • Grey hat hacker
• A player of NetHack, and other related Roguelike games.
• Hardware hacker

Culture

• 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 journal

People named Hacker

• 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 (Jargon file entry).

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.

See also

• Hack (disambiguation)
• _Hab-Haf#Hac

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