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This is best defined in [JargonFile:hacker]: ;: [[ Originally, someone who makes furniture with an axe ] ## 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]. 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]
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