Hack

Hack may refer to:

Computing

• Hack (computer security), to break into computers and computer networks
• Hack (programming language), a programming language developed by Facebook
• Hack (computer science), an inelegant but effective solution to a computing problem
• Hack (programmer subculture), participation in a computer programmer subculture

Entertainment

• Hack (TV series), an American television series
• Hack (radio program), a current affairs program on Australian radio network Triple J
• Hack! (film), a 2007 film starring Danica McKellar
• Hack (comics), a Marvel Comics Universe mutant character

Video games

• Hack (Unix video game), written in 1982
• .hack, a Japanese multimedia franchise
  • .hack (video game series), a four-game series for the PlayStation 2

Music

• Hack, an album by the Ed Kemper Trio
• Hack (album), a 1990 album by Information Society

Places

• Mount Hack, a mountain in South Australia
• 8558 Hack, an asteroid

Sports

• Hack (falconry), training method for young falcons
• Hack (horse), an animal used for pleasure riding, as well as the verb form (hacking, to hack) for the activity
• Hack, a piece of equipment used for traction in the sport of curling
• Hack, a goal in a game of hacky sack, or the footbag circle kicking game
• Hack squat, a variant of the squat exercise

People

• Hack (name), a surname, given name and nickname
• Hack writer or hack, a writer or journalist who produces low-quality articles or books
• Political hack, a person who devotes him/herself to party-political machinations

Other uses

• MIT hack, a clever, benign, and ethical prank or practical joke at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Hack (comedy), a joke, or premise for a joke, that is considered obvious, frequently used, and/or stolen
• Hack (masonry), a row of stacked unfired bricks protected from the rain
• Hack Circle, an amphitheatre in Christchurch, New Zealand, also known as Hack
• Hackney carriage, a London cab also known as a hack
• Hack, a motorcycle with a sidecar attached

See also

• ROM hacking, the process of modifying a video game's program image
• Life hack, productivity techniques used by programmers to solve everyday problems
• Roof and tunnel hacking, unauthorized exploration of roof and utility tunnel spaces
• Hack and slash, a genre of video game or a type of gameplay
• Hacks (disambiguation)
• Hacker (disambiguation)
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