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The media's definition of the real term malicious cracker. A hacker used to be a well respected individual who loved to tinker with gadgets. In the early 90's the term changed to: A person who maliciously cracks software and or passwords. The real term "Malicious cracker" was not used because the media was careful not to offend with something close to a derogatory term. So to prevent criticism they formed a word that would not offend most people. The correct term for what society labels a hacker is malicious cracker. There three kinds of crackers. (White hats), who detect security flaws and then report them. (Black hats), who maliciously use them to their benefit and (Grey hats), who do both. A group of hackers were described in most of the media during the late early to late 90's. There were too major groups "The brotherhood" (Black hats) : a Canadian group of hackers and "Legion of Doom" (White hats): A group of well known hackers from the east coast of the United States.
Today there is a well known group of hackers (Grey Hats) known as Anonymous.
A hacker is a very skilled Computer Expert. Those who use this talent for evil are known as crackers (Computer Term)
We Hackers are here to learn about computers for good, But those crackers give us a bad name.
A term used by inexperienced players of video games to describe an individual with skill. Can be used as a noun (hacker), as a verb ("he's hacking"), or an adjective ("that hacking S.O.B").
Noob 1: Look at "pwnsall" he went 23 and 3!
Noob 2: Fucking Hacker!
Noob 1: That guy just killed me again!
Noob 2: Dude lets go play monopoly, that guy is hacking.
Seen at the top of the technological heirarchy, a person fully capable of using a computer to the fullest extent, and knows at least three programming languages without having to refer back to a tutorial, and has done at least one recognizable thing with them.
Not to be confused with cracker. While a hacker may have the capacity to gain unauthorized access to a computer, he/she will only do it to expand the boundaries of knowledge and promote virtue, while a cracker will destroy the results of a hacker.
It is unorthodox to consider yourself to be a hacker, rather than be considered a hacker by other hackers.
"Change 'document.alert()' to just plain 'alert()'. You don't need the 'document' to call the string."
—Hacker
Pretty much what 10 year olds scream if you do better than them in a video game
He got a triple kill? That's impossible! HACKER I WILL REPORT YOU!
What people consider themselves just because they know basic computer programs. Using dumb terms like "leet" doesn't make you a hacker
The average hacker probably wouldn't refer to themself as a hacker.
A person who killed you in an online videogame that killed you fair and square, but in denial, you claim that they are cheating in some sort of way because CLEARLY you are the absolute BEST at the game that you have chosen to play.
This stupid "hacker" killed me in fortnite man!