Word Study
hacker
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hacker has 4 senses
- hacker(n = noun.person) Array - someone who plays golf poorly; Array is a kind of golf player, golfer, linksman
- hacker(n = noun.person) cyber-terrorist, cyberpunk - a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism; Array is a kind of coder, computer programmer, programmer, software engineer, terrorist
- hacker(n = noun.person) Array - a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm; "true hackers subscribe to a code of ethics and look down upon crackers" is a kind of coder, computer programmer, programmer, software engineer
- hacker(n = noun.person) drudge, hack - one who works hard at boring tasks; Array is a kind of unskilled person
Derived form verb hack6
has particulars: plodder, slogger
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hacker, n.
1 a person or thing that hacks or cuts roughly.
2 colloq. a person who uses computers for a hobby, esp. to gain unauthorized access to data.
1 a person or thing that hacks or cuts roughly.
2 colloq. a person who uses computers for a hobby, esp. to gain unauthorized access to data.
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