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-This is best defined in the
JargonFile:
+This is best defined in [
JargonFile:hacker]
:
-<person, jargon> (
Originally, someone who makes furniture with an axe) 1. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary.
+;: [[
Originally, someone who makes furniture with an axe ]
-2
. One who programs enthusiastically (even obsessively) or who enjoys programming rather than just theorizing about programming.
-
-With reference to common computer culture, being a hacker
is more than just about
programming. A SystemAdministrator is often
a hacker
(Not all
are though
.) They are interested in getting the most out of their systems. (See 6.
An expert or enthusiast of any kind. One might be an astronomy hacker, for example.)
-
-!NOTE: HACKERS ARE NOT BAD PEOPLE
-
-The media have abused
the term; hackers tend not to be the sort that break into other peoples systems. Chances are, if there's a vulnerability on your system, it was a hacker that discovered it and wrote the patch for it
.
-
-You should call those bad people that choose
to break into other peoples systems 'crackers'
.
-
-See [a
hacker glossary|http://tlc
.discovery.com/convergence/hackers/glossary/glossary.html], and read
[Care and Feeding Of Your Hacker|http
://web.demigod.org/~zak/geek/hack.shtml
].
+## A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary
. %%% %%%
+##
One who programs enthusiastically (even obsessively) or who enjoys programming rather than just theorizing about programming. %%% %%%
+## A person capable of appreciating [JargonFile:hack-value]. %%% %%%
+## A person who
is good at
programming quickly
. %%% %%%
+## An expert at
a particular program, or one who frequently does work using it or on it; as in 'a Unix
hacker'.
(Definitions 1 through 5
are correlated, and people who fit them congregate
.) %%% %%%
+##
An expert or enthusiast of any kind. One might be an astronomy hacker, for example. %%% %%%
+## One who enjoys
the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming or circumventing limitations
. %%% %%%
+## __[[deprecated]__ A malicious meddler who tries
to discover sensitive information by poking around
. Hence password hacker, network
hacker. %%% The correct term for this sense is
[JargonFile
:cracker
].
Hackers start at [Geek] and tend toward [Nerd].
-JargonFile
:Hacker
+See also
:
+* [A hacker glossary|http://tlc.discovery.com/convergence/hackers/glossary/glossary.html]
+* [Care and Feeding Of Your
Hacker|http://web.demigod.org/~zak/geek/hack.shtml]
