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Meanings of hacker in English
A programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism.
Person who modifies software or hardware of technical equipment, mainly their own private computer system, out of personal interest.
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Examples for "hack"
Examples for "hack"
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Kim Zetter explained everything we know so far aboutUkraine's power plant hack.
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That system was not involved in the data hack, the company said.
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However, Maduro insists Venezuela's system is entirely trustworthy and impossible to hack.
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He said the hack demonstrated Australia's need to increase its digital security.
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We also have a way of learning while having fun: hack days.
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Many consider it drudge work beneath ladies & gentlemen of their stature.
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The drudge had probably been affianced oftener than any woman in Bursley.
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A poem on the miseries of a literary drudge begins thus promisingly:-
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Today with rural electrification the mountain woman ceases to be a drudge.
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They think only of the tasks of a drudge or a char-boy.
Usage of hacker in English
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But has the new Christian Slater hacker drama taken things too far?
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Last year, WIRED met a casino hacker making millions off slot machines.
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To create a malicious botnet, a hacker must first compromise several computers.
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At some point, a hacker found some major flaws in my code.
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The popularity of martial arts in the hacker culture deserves special mention.
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We could visit a tech-geek message board, maybe find a friendly hacker.
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But now the Zetas have a new adversary: the hacker collective Anonymous.
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Muharak: We hereby name you the Gadget Lab hacker of the week.
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The admin ignored the message and continued his search for the hacker.
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There is no tradition of silence or OMERTA in the hacker underworld.
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The hacker quickly began transferring it back to the University of Texas.
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I'm not a hacker anymore, she said, her mind turning over possibilities.
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The chief says Robshaw has a lead on a hacker in Miami.
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In 1989, electronic cops and hacker-trackers began using scrambler-phones and secured lines.
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Indeed, Force saw a great deal of himself in the young hacker.
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Last summer, the CCC organized a sprawling hacker camp outside of Berlin.
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United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common
United Kingdom
Rare