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Computing and technology

• Hacker (computing) has a spectrum of meanings:
  • Hacker (computer security), someone who breaks computer and network security
  • Hacker (free and open source software), a programmer in the free software and open source movement
  • Hacker (hobbyist), an enthusiastic home computer hobbyist.

Similar meanings in other fields are: This article is about computer security hackers. ... In home computing, a hacker is a computer hobbyist putting software or hardware of their system to the extreme. ...

• Media hacker, someone who uses the media in new ways
• Reality hacker, similar to a computer hacker, but hacks the "real world"
• Wetware hacker, one who experiments with biological materials
• Somebody who generally works 'outside the box'.

A media hacker is someone who uses the media in new ways to get the word out. ... A reality hacker is an urban spelunker. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Neurohacking. ...

Entertainment

• Hackers (film)
• Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution a 1984 book by Steven Levy.
• Hacker (computer game), a 1985 computer game by Activision
• Hacker (card game), a 1992 publication of Steve Jackson Games, which led to the establishment of the Electronic Frontier Foundation during the fiasco documented in Steve Jackson Games, Inc. v. United States Secret Service.

Hackers is a 1995 film that follows the misfortunes of the young hackers Dade Murphy (Crash Override/Zero Cool, played by Jonny Lee Miller), Kate Libby (Acid Burn, played by Angelina Jolie) and their friends. ... Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution (ISBN 0385191952) is a book by Steven Levy about the hacker culture. ... Steven Levy Steven Levy (born 1951) is an American journalist who has written several books on computers, technology, cryptography, the Internet, cybersecurity, and privacy. ... Hacker is a 1985 computer game by Activision. ... Activision, Inc. ... Hacker is a card game (not a Trading card game) made by Steve Jackson Games. ... Steve Jackson Games (SJG) is a game company that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games. ... EFF Logo The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is an international non-profit advocacy and legal organization based in the United States with the stated purpose of being dedicated to preserving free speech rights such as those protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution in the context of... The 1993 case of Steve Jackson Games, Inc. ...

People named Hacker

Real

• Sally Hacker(1936–1988), feminist sociologist
• Alan Ray Hacker (b. 1938), English clarinettist
• Peter Hacker, (b. 1939), British philosopher
• George Hacker (20th century), U.S. lawyer, head of the Alcohol Policies Project
• Marilyn Hacker (b. 1942), American poet, critic, and reviewer
• The Hacker (Michel Amato, b. 1972), French electroclash and techno producer

Sally L. Hacker, feminist Sociologist. ... Alan Ray Hacker OBE FRAM(born 30 September 1938) is an English Clarinettist and professor of the Royal Academy of Music. ... Peter M.S. Hacker (born 15 July 1939 in London) is a British philosopher. ... Lawyer George A. Hacker has headed the temperance-oriented Alcohol Policies Project of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) for three decades. ... Marilyn Hacker (born 1942) is an American poet, critic, and reviewer. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Fictional

• Jim Hacker, the title character of Yes Minister
• J. Random Hacker, the mythical/archetypal hacker nerd
• Hacker from TV show Cyberchase

Yes, Minister and its sequel Yes, Prime Minister are British sitcoms about the struggle between (Dr) James Jim Hacker (played by Paul Eddington), the government minister of the (fictional) Department of Administrative Affairs (and later as Prime Minister) and his civil servants and ministerial colleagues. ... Yes Minister is a satirical British sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn that was first transmitted by BBC television and radio between 1980 and 1984, split over three seven-episode series. ... J. Random, followed by a term for a category of people, capitalized, to make an appearance of a personal name, is a placeholder name for an undistinguished, average person from the category, e. ... CyberChase and Cyber Chase redirects here. ...

Other definitions

Hacker may also refer to:

New York street sign, c. 1963

• Hacker (folklore), a mythological race in Scandinavian folklore
• A mediocre golfer ^[1]
• Someone who practises casual equestrianism, in particular trail riding
• A person skilled in the creation of a hack (masonry)
• A musician who plays out of turn or shows off constantly
• A player of NetHack, and other rogue-like games
• Hacker and hack are also terms for a taxicab driver (from the shortened form of hackney carriage).
• A brewery which merged with Pschorr in 1972, now the Hacker-Pschorr Brewery, and the beer it produces.

Image File history File links New York street sign circa 1965 Photo taken circa 1965 by Daniel P. B. Smith. ... Image File history File links New York street sign circa 1965 Photo taken circa 1965 by Daniel P. B. Smith. ... The Hackers (Swedish Hackare) were a race of short people who used to live in Scandinavia, according to Swedish folklore. ... This article is about the game. ... For the Roman class, see Equestrian (Roman) A young rider at a horse show in Australia. ... Trail riding is riding on trails as opposed to riding on roads or courses. ... A hack is a row of stacked green (unfired) bricks protected from the rain by a covering of straw, slates or special wooden hack covers, the sides protected by mats or planks. ... For the popular-music magazine, see Musician (magazine). ... This article is about the role-playing game. ... For specific countries see Taxicabs around the world. ... In the United Kingdom, the name hackney carriage refers to a taxicab licensed by the Public Carriage Office in Greater London or by the local authority (non-metropolitan district councils or unitary authorities) in other parts of England, Wales, and Scotland, or by the Department of the Environment in Northern... Hacker-Pschorr Brewery was founded in Munich, Germany in 1417, 99 years before the enactment of the Reinheitsgebot Purity Law of 1516. ...

See also

• Hack (disambiguation)
• Hacking (disambiguation)

Hack has a number of meanings, some related: Hack is a slang term in technology culture which has a number of meanings depending on context, including a joke, a progamming exploit, or a commercial software breakin. ... For more information on how to hack visit www. ...

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