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Hacker   /hˈækər/   Listen
Hacker

noun
1.
Someone who plays golf poorly.
2.
A programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism.  Synonyms: cyber-terrorist, cyberpunk.
3.
A programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm.
4.
One who works hard at boring tasks.  Synonyms: drudge, hack.





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"Hacker" Quotes from Famous Books



... in privacy with the bishop; Herbert was afterwards admitted; and about ten o'clock Colonel Hacker announced that it was time to proceed to Whitehall. He obeyed, was conducted on foot, between two detachments of military, across the park, and received permission to repose himself in his former bedchamber. Dinner had been prepared for him; but he refused to eat, though afterwards, ...
— The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans - to the Accession of King George the Fifth - Volume 8 • John Lingard and Hilaire Belloc


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