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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 [[security cracker]], since hackers most frequently appear in the news involving computer security breaches.
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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.
  
'''Hacking''' may refer to a number of activities, including:
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== See also ==
 
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* [[Charlie Hebdo]]
* "Digital lockpicking", or breaking into computer systems; this is also called "cracking", and is the most well known form of hacking
 
* Modifying software or hardware for extra functionality or performance
 
* Creating software or devices to solve problems
 
* Using an existing computer system in an unusual, clever way to solve a problem
 
* Staging pranks
 
 
 
Hackers act for a variety of reasons, ranging from curiosity and bragging rights to personal gain or vandalism. Hackers who act without malicious intent are termed "white hat hackers", and may act to counter the effects of criminal "black hat hackers".
 
 
 
'''Hackers''' is also the title of a 1995 film.<ref>http://imdb.com/title/tt0113243/</ref>
 
 
 
==See also==
 
*[[Security hacker]]
 
  
 
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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