Hacker (disambiguation)

Hackers may refer to:

Computing and technology

• Hacker (computing) has a spectrum of meanings:
  • Hacker (computer security), someone who breaks computer and network security
  • Hacker (free and open source software), a programmer in the free software and open source movement
  • Hacker (hobbyist), an enthusiastic home computer hobbyist.
  • [[Hacker (sesame street)], when Big Bird hacks into bank accounts and steals money

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'.

Entertainment

• Street Action, whtching T.V, Web creatin A.G.U.A.
• Hackers (film)
• The NET (film with Sandra Bullock)

People named Hacker

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

Fictional

• Jim Hacker, the title character of Yes Minister
• J. Random Hacker, the mythical/archetypal hacker nerd
• Hacker from TV show Cyberchase

Other definitions

Hacker may also refer to:

New York street sign, c. 1963

• Hacker (folklore), a mythological race in Scandinavian folklore
• A mediocre golfer
• 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
• Hacker and hack are also terms for 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.

See also

• Hack (disambiguation)
• Hacking (disambiguation)

References

Hackers web