1.originally, someone who makes furniture with an axe1. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems
and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users,
who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary.
and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users,
who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary.
2. One whoprograms enthusiastically (even obsessively) or who enjoys programming
rather than just theorizing about programming.
rather than just theorizing about programming.
5. An expert at a particular program,
or one who frequently does work using it or on it; as in ‘a
Unix hacker.’ (Definitions 1 through 5 are correlated, and people
who fit them congregate.)
or one who frequently does work using it or on it; as in ‘a
Unix hacker.’ (Definitions 1 through 5 are correlated, and people
who fit them congregate.)
6. An expert or enthusiast of any kind.
One might be an astronomy hacker, for example.
7. One who
enjoys the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming or circumventing
limitations.
One might be an astronomy hacker, for example.
7. One who
enjoys the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming or circumventing
limitations.
8. [deprecated] A malicious meddler who
tries to discover sensitive information by poking around. Hence
‘password hacker,’ ‘network hacker.’ The correct term for this
sense is cracker.
tries to discover sensitive information by poking around. Hence
‘password hacker,’ ‘network hacker.’ The correct term for this
sense is cracker.
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