Hacker Has Different Meanings in Several Different Fields, Contexts, and Is Also the Name of Various Media Publications

Hacker has different meanings in several different fields, contexts, and is also the name of various media publications.

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1 Computers and engineering

2 Culture

3 People named Hacker

4 Other definitions

5 See also

[edit] Computers and engineering

The definition of a Hacker that is most widely considered as correct is a person that is highly computer literate. This is usually mistaken for someone that performs malicious or illegal tasks using a computer. The term 'hacker' in general conversation is often used as the aforementioned misconceived meaning.

Definitions of this word:

Hacker, a person that is highly computer literate, especially in terms of programming.

Hacker definition controversy

Hacker (computer security), a hacker involved in network security

Black hat hacker, a hacker who commits criminal intrusions into technological systems for some real or perceived gain

White hat hacker, those who attempt to break into systems or networks in order to help the owners of the system by making them aware of security flaws, etc. (Often work in, or start businesses based of security and security flaws.)

Grey hat hacker

A player of NetHack, and other related Roguelike games.

Hardware hacker

[edit] Culture

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, a book by Steven Levy

Hackers (film), a 1995 movie