hacker
Nouns
- (n) someone who plays golf poorly
- (n) a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism cyberpunk, cyber-terrorist,
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(n) a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm
- true hackers subscribe to a code of ethics and look down upon crackers
- (n) one who works hard at boring tasks drudge, hack,