The Hacker Purity Test
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The Hacker Purity Test or Hacker Test is "a compendium of fact and folklore about computer hackerdom cunningly disguised as a test". It was written by Felix Lee, John Hayes, and Angela Thomas on June 16, 1989. It explains the typical skills and experiences of a person who considered himself to be a hacker at the time. It is considered to be a purity test by many.
[edit] User types
- Illiterate
- Computer user
- Operator
- Nerd
- Hacker (programmer subculture), a person with strong tactical computer skills
- Guru
- Wizard
