Hacker
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Hacker may refer to:
Technology
- Hacker (term), a contentious term used in computing for several types of person
- Hacker (computer security) or cracker, who accesses a computer system by circumventing its security system
- Hacker (programmer subculture), who shares an anti-authoritarian approach to software development now associated with the free software movement
- Hacker (hobbyist), who makes innovative customizations or combinations of retail electronic and computer equipment
- Media hacker, innovative user of digital media
- Reality hacking, activism through legally dubious disruption of digital media
Entertainment
- Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, 1984 book by Steven Levy
- Hacker (video game), 1985 computer game by Activision
- Hacker (card game), 1992 Steve Jackson Games release
- Hackers (anthology), a 1996 anthology of short stories edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
- Hackers (film), 1995 MGM film starring Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee Miller
- Hacker, a children's novel by Malorie Blackman
People named Hacker
Real (surname)
- The Hacker (Michel Amato, b. 1972), French electroclash and techno producer
- Alan Hacker (b. 1938), English clarinetist
- Benjamin Thurman Hacker (1935–2003), U.S. Naval officer
- George Hacker (20th century), U.S. lawyer, head of the Alcohol Policies Project
- Katrina Hacker (b. 1990), American figure skater
- Marilyn Hacker (b. 1942), American poet, critic, and reviewer
- Peter Hacker (b. 1939), British philosopher
- Sally Hacker (1936–1988), feminist sociologist
Fictional
- J. Random Hacker, the mythical/archetypal hacker nerd
- Jim Hacker, title character in Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister
- Hacker, villain of the TV series Cyberchase
- The character Staff Sergeant Hacker on the US TV series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
- Hacker, cyborg sidekick character in The Centurions (TV series)
Other
- Hacker Brewery, and its beer, since 1972 merged into Hacker-Pschorr Brewery
- Hacker-Craft: Boats made by the Hacker Boat Company
See also
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