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Hacker may refer to:
[edit] Technology
- Hacker (term), a contentious term used in computing for several types of person
- Hacker (computer security) or cracker, who accesses a computer system by circumventing its security system
- Hacker (hobbyist), who makes innovative customizations or combinations of retail electronic and computer equipment
- Hacker (programmer subculture), who shares an anti-authoritarian approach to software development now associated with the free software movement
[edit] Entertainment
[edit] People
- The Hacker (Michel Amato, b. 1972), French electrocrash and tech producer
- Alan Hacker (b. 1938), English clarinetist
- Benjamin Thurman Hacker (1935–2003), U.S. Naval officer
- George Hacker (20th century), U.S. lawyer, head of the Alcohol Policies Project
- Katrina Hacker (b. 1990), American figure skater
- Marilyn Hacker (b. 1942), American poet, critic, and reviewer
- Peter Hacker (b. 1939), British philosopher
- Sally Hacker (1936–1988), feminist sociologist
- Arthur and Ron Hacker (20th century), brothers who formed Dynatron Radio Ltd in the 1920s and Hacker Radio Ltd in the 1960s
[edit] Fictional
- Hacker Brewery, and its beer, since 1972 merged into Hacker-Pschorr Brewery
- Hacker-Craft, boats made by the Hacker Boat Company
- Hacker Fares™, Kayak.com itineraries that require purchasing two or more one-way tickets on separate airlines
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