Hacker

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Contents 1 Computing and technology 2 Entertainment 3 People named Hacker 3.1 Real 3.2 Fictional 4 Other definitions 5 See also 6 References

Hacker may refer to:

[edit] Computing and technology

• Hacker (computer security), someone involved in computer security/insecurity
• Hacker (programmer subculture), a programmer the subculture originating in the US academia in the 1960s, which is nowadays mainly notable for the free software/open source movement
• Hacker (hobbyist), an enthusiastic home computer hobbyist

See Hacker (computing) for an overview of different kinds of computer hackers and the relationships between these groups.

Similar meanings in other fields are:

• Media hacker, someone who uses the media in new ways
• Reality hacker, similar to a computer hacker, but hacks the "real world"
• Wetware hacker, one who experiments with biological materials
• Somebody who generally works 'outside the box'

[edit] Entertainment

• Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, a 1984 book by Steven Levy.
• Hacker (computer game), a 1985 computer game by Activision
• Hacker (card game), a 1992 publication of Steve Jackson Games
• Hackers (film), a 1995 film written by Rafael Moreu and directed by Iain Softley

[edit] People named Hacker

[edit] Real

• Sally Hacker (1936–1988), feminist sociologist
• Alan Ray Hacker (b. 1938), English clarinettist
• Peter Hacker (b. 1939), British philosopher
• George Hacker (20th century), U.S. lawyer, head of the Alcohol Policies Project
• Marilyn Hacker (b. 1942), American poet, critic, and reviewer
• The Hacker (Michel Amato, b. 1972), French electroclash and techno producer

[edit] Fictional

• J. Random Hacker, the mythical/archetypal hacker nerd
• Hacker, a character of the TV series Cyberchase (see List of Cyberchase characters#Hacker)
• Sgt. Charley Hacker, a character on the TV series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
• Hacker, the cyborg sidekick character in The Centurions (TV series)

[edit] Other definitions

• Hacker (folklore), a mythological race in Scandinavian folklore
• A mediocre golfer ^[1]
• Someone who practises casual equestrianism, in particular trail riding
• A person skilled in the creation of a hack (masonry)
• A musician who plays out of turn or shows off constantly
• A player of NetHack, and other rogue-like games
• A taxicab driver (from the shortened form of hackney carriage).
• A brewery which merged with Pschorr in 1972, now the Hacker-Pschorr Brewery, and the beer it produces.
• A basketball player who has limited defensive ability and is prone to fouling.

[edit] See also

• Hack (disambiguation)
• Hacking (disambiguation)

[edit] References