Hacker (disambiguation)
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Computing
- Hacker, a person with strong tactical computer skills
- 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
- Hacker culture
- Hacker ethic
- A player of NetHack, and other related Roguelike games.
- J. Random Hacker, the mythical/archetypal hacker nerd (Jargon file entry).
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Media
- 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 journal
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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', philospher
- Sally Hacker, feminist sociologist
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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
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