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A '''hacker''' is someone with superior skills in developing computer software or hardware. Hackers enjoy modifying these for extra functionality and/or performance so much that they are often willing to do it for the sheer joy of it, or merely to receive the admiration and respect of their peers.
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A '''hacker''' can be defined as a person who solves problems in clever ways, especially regarding [[computer]] [[programming]] and [[hardware]] [[engineering]].<ref>http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/meaning-of-hack.html</ref> The term is often used to denote a "[[security cracker]]", since hackers most frequently appear in the news involving computer security breaches.
  
Hackers resent being lumped in with [[security cracker]]s.
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== See also ==
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* [[Charlie Hebdo]]
  
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[[Category:Computer Science]]
*[[Security hacker]]
 

Latest revision as of 14:06, September 8, 2017

A hacker can be defined as a person who solves problems in clever ways, especially regarding computer programming and hardware engineering.[1] The term is often used to denote a "security cracker", since hackers most frequently appear in the news involving computer security breaches.

See also

References