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Hack may refer to:

  • Hack (technology), a term used in the technology and computer science fields
  • Hack (masonry), a row of stacked unfired bricks protected from the rain
  • Hack writer, a writer who is paid to write low-quality, quickly put-together articles or books
  • Hack (comedy), a joke, or premise for a joke, that is considered obvious, frequently used, and/or stolen.
  • Life hack, productivity techniques used by programmers
  • Roof and tunnel hacking, unauthorized exploration of roof and utility tunnel spaces
  • What the Hack, a hacker conference held in Liempde, The Netherlands
  • .hack, a Japanese multimedia franchise
  • Hack Circle, an amphitheatre in Christchurch, New Zealand referred to as "Hack"
  • ROM hacking, the process of modifying a video game's program image
  • Show hack, a type of show horse
  • MIT hack, a clever, benign, and ethical prank or practical joke at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Political hack, a term for somebody who devotes him/herself to party-political machinations.
  • Hack and slash, a genre of video game or a type of gameplay
  • Casual riding or equestrianism, or a common, ordinary horse used for such purposes
  • A goal in a game of Hacky Sack, or the footbag circle kicking game
  • American slang for a cab driver or a taxi; also archaic English slang for taxi, derived from "Hackney carriage".
  • Prison slang referring to a prison guard
  • A piece of equipment used for traction in the sport of curling
  • A slang term for a caboose
  • Hack (falconry)
  • Slang for coughing

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