hacker

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English hakker, hackere, hakkere, equivalent to hack +‎ -er.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

hacker (plural hackers)

  1. (computing) One who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer.
    • 1968 September, Thompson, Rory Jack, “Acknowledgments”, in Howard, Louis N., editor, Instabilities of some time-dependent flows‎[1], Massachusetts: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, archived from the original on 2015-09-23, page 107:
      The Electrical Engineering Department, J. McKenzie in particular, for allowing me to use the PDP-1 computer to do the extensive computations, draw graphs, and even type this thesis. In this connection Charles Landau did some of the programming, Luella Thompson did most of the typing, and W. B. Ackermann helped when the machine would not cooperate. Many other computer hackers also willingly offered advice.
    • 1984, Venture (volume 6, part 1, page 142)
      A hacker starts with nothing but a dream and a floppy disk and presently finds himself in a business that's doubled and trebled. Three "diskzines" — magazines on floppy disks — started cheaply by entrepreneurs who placed ads in obscure computer journals […]
    • 1990s, Joe Chidley, Maclean's Magazine:
      Hackers are people who simply love playing with computers
  2. (computing) One who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data, or to carry out malicious attacks.
    • 2007, Committee on Improving Cybersecurity Research in the United States, ‎Toward a Safer and More Secure Cyberspace
      Typically, one hacker will annoy another; the offended party replies by launching a denial-of-service attack against the offender.
  3. (computing) A computer security professional.
  4. Something that hacks; a tool or device for hacking.
    • 1825?, "Hannah Limbrick, Executed for Murder", in The Newgate Calendar: comprising interesting memoirs of the most notorious characters, page 231:
      Thomas Limbrick, who was only nine years of age, said he lived with his mother when Deborah was beat: that his mother throwed her down all along with her hands; and then against a wall, and kicked her in the belly: that afterwards she picked her up, and beat her with the hacker on the side of the head; wiped the blood off with a dish-clout, and took her up to bed after she was dead.
    • July 1846, John Macleod, "The Tar and Turpentine Business of North Carolina", on page 15 of the Monthly Journal of Agriculture, volume II, number 1:
      When the dipping is thus over, the next work is to "chip" or scarify the tree immediately over the box [...]. This is done by an instrument usually called a "hacker," sometimes "shave." Its form is somewhat like a "round shave," narrowing at the cutting place to the diameter of an inch, with a shank, to be fixed securely into a strong, heavy handle of about two feet in length, while the faces of the trees are low, but the handle is made longer as years advance the faces higher.
    • 1877, Reports and Awards of the United States Centennial Commission (regarding the) International Exhibition, 1876 (Francis A. Walker, editor), Reports on Awards, Group XXI, page 13:
      23. George C. howard, Philadelphia, U.S.
      GRINDSTONE HACKER.
      Report.--Commended for the contrivance of an instrument, called a "hacker," that is used in trimming grindstones. This hacker turns with the stone, and is drawn across in a slide rest, and fulfills its important function satisfactorily.
  5. Someone who hacks.
    • 1902, Our Wonderful Progress, Trumbull White (editor), page 623–624:
      In January or February the "hacker," with his keen-bladed ax, begins the round which ends the season. [...] About a quart of sap is taken from each box by means of the trowel-shaped scoop used by the dipper, and then the hacker comes along and starts the flow afresh by wounding the tree again.
    1. Particularly, one who cuts with rough or heavy blows.
    2. Particularly, one who kicks wildly or roughly.
    3. Particularly, one who is consistent and focuses on accomplishing a task or several tasks.
  6. (US) One who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity, especially a sport such as golf or tennis.
  7. (US) One who operates a taxicab
    • 1939, Raymond Chandler, Trouble is my business:
      Start runnin' for a streetcar and they open up with machine guns and bump two pedestrians, a hacker asleep in his cab, and an old scrubwoman on the second floor workin' a mop. And they miss the guy they're after.
    • 1965 January 24, “Bird Costs Cabbie $10”, in Hartford Courant:
      Washington Hacker Charles A. Culp and his pet macaw parrot, Capt. Bligh, ran afoul of the law when a policeman charged Culp with....
    • 1972, Richard Lockridge, Write murder down:
      "That's Brooklyn," the hacker said, his tone accusing. "I don't go to Brooklyn, mister. Anyways, I'm due at the garage." Nathan Shapiro is usually gentle with cab drivers. He was not, this hot afternoon of a fruitless day

Usage notes[edit]

  • There are significantly more meanings of the word within the United States[1] than in other English speaking nations.
  • The use of the word hacker to indicate a person who displays skill, particularly with computers, may be misunderstood [2] as implying the narrow meaning of unauthorised intrusion into electronic systems (also known as a cracker or occasionally black hat). This serious misunderstanding in the field of computer expertise is perhaps particularly common outside the United States.
  • Some computer enthusiasts object to the use of hacker for a person who breaks into computer systems, preferring cracker for this sense.

Synonyms[edit]

  • (one who uses a computer to carry out malicious attacks): cracker (outside US)

Translations[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ hacker - Merriam Webster Online (American English)
  2. ^ hack; hacker - Concise Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press (British English)

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English hacker, equivalent to hacke +‎ -er

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

hacker

  1. (computing) hacker

Declension[edit]

Declension of hacker
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hacker hackeren hackere hackerne
genitive hackers hackerens hackeres hackernes

Verb[edit]

hacker

  1. present tense of hacke

French[edit]

Noun[edit]

hacker m (plural hackers)

  1. (computing) hacker

Synonyms[edit]

Verb[edit]

hacker

  1. (computing) To hack

Conjugation[edit]

  Conjugation of hacker (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive hacker avoir hacké
gerund en hackant en ayant hacké
present participle hackant
/a.kɑ̃/
past participle hacké
/a.ke/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses 		present hacke
/ak/ 		hackes
/ak/ 		hacke
/ak/ 		hackons
/a.kɔ̃/ 		hackez
/a.ke/ 		hackent
/ak/
imperfect hackais
/a.kɛ/ 		hackais
/a.kɛ/ 		hackait
/a.kɛ/ 		hackions
/a.kjɔ̃/ 		hackiez
/a.kje/ 		hackaient
/a.kɛ/
past historic1 hackai
/a.ke/ 		hackas
/a.ka/ 		hacka
/a.ka/ 		hackâmes
/a.kam/ 		hackâtes
/a.kat/ 		hackèrent
/a.kɛʁ/
future hackerai
/a.kʁe/ 		hackeras
/a.kʁa/ 		hackera
/a.kʁa/ 		hackerons
/a.kʁɔ̃/ 		hackerez
/a.kʁe/ 		hackeront
/a.kʁɔ̃/
conditional hackerais
/a.kʁɛ/ 		hackerais
/a.kʁɛ/ 		hackerait
/a.kʁɛ/ 		hackerions
/a.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		hackeriez
/a.kə.ʁje/ 		hackeraient
/a.kʁɛ/
compound
tenses 		present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
simple
tenses 		present hacke
/ak/ 		hackes
/ak/ 		hacke
/ak/ 		hackions
/a.kjɔ̃/ 		hackiez
/a.kje/ 		hackent
/ak/
imperfect1 hackasse
/a.kas/ 		hackasses
/a.kas/ 		hackât
/a.ka/ 		hackassions
/a.ka.sjɔ̃/ 		hackassiez
/a.ka.sje/ 		hackassent
/a.kas/
compound
tenses 		past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— hacke
/ak/ 		— hackons
/a.kɔ̃/ 		hackez
/a.ke/ 		—
1literary tenses

Hungarian[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English hacker.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛkːɛr]
  • Hyphenation: ha‧cker

Noun[edit]

hacker (plural hackerek)

  1. (computing) hacker (one who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer)
  2. (computing) hacker (one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data, or to carry out malicious attacks)

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative hacker hackerek
accusative hackert hackereket
dative hackernek hackereknek
instrumental hackerrel hackerekkel
causal-final hackerért hackerekért
translative hackerré hackerekké
terminative hackerig hackerekig
essive-formal hackerként hackerekként
essive-modal — —
inessive hackerben hackerekben
superessive hackeren hackereken
adessive hackernél hackereknél
illative hackerbe hackerekbe
sublative hackerre hackerekre
allative hackerhez hackerekhez
elative hackerből hackerekből
delative hackerről hackerekről
ablative hackertől hackerektől
Possessive forms of hacker
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. hackerem hackereim
2nd person sing. hackered hackereid
3rd person sing. hackere hackerei
1st person plural hackerünk hackereink
2nd person plural hackeretek hackereitek
3rd person plural hackerük hackereik

Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

hacker m, f (plural hackers)

  1. (computing) hacker (one who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer)
  2. (computing) hacker (one who uses a computer to gain unauthorised access to data)

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

hacker m, f (plural hackers or hacker)

  1. Alternative form of hácker
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