[Pluto-security] Cracking

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hacker n. [originally, someone who makes furniture with an axe]=20
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1. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and =
how to stretch their capabilities,=20
as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary.=
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2. One who programs enthusiastically (even obsessively) or who enjoys pro=
gramming=20
rather than just theorizing about programming.=20

3. A person capable of appreciating hack value.=20

4. A person who is good at programming quickly.=20

5. An expert at a particular program, or one who frequently does work usi=
ng it or on it;=20
as in `a Unix hacker'. (Definitions 1 through 5 are correlated, and peopl=
e who fit them congregate.)=20

6. An expert or enthusiast of any kind. One might be an astronomy hacker,=
 for example.=20

7. One who enjoys the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming or =
circumventing limitations.=20

8. [deprecated] A malicious meddler who tries to discover sensitive infor=
mation by poking around.=20
Hence `password hacker', `network hacker'. The correct term for this sens=
e is cracker.

The term `hacker' also tends to connote membership in the global communit=
y defined by the net=20
(see the network. For discussion of some of the basics of this culture, s=
ee the How To Become A Hacker FAQ.=20
It also implies that the person described is seen to subscribe to some ve=
rsion of the hacker ethic (see hacker ethic).

It is better to be described as a hacker by others than to describe onese=
lf that way.=20
Hackers consider themselves something of an elite (a meritocracy based on=
 ability),=20
though one to which new members are gladly welcome. There is thus a certa=
in ego satisfaction to be=20
had in identifying yourself as a hacker (but if you claim to be one and a=
re not, you'll quickly be labeled bogus).=20

See also geek, wannabee. <-- LOOK AT THIS TERM!!! (R)

This term seems to have been first adopted as a badge in the 1960s by the=
 hacker culture surrounding=20
TMRC and the MIT AI Lab. We have a report that it was used in a sense clo=
se to this entry's=20
by teenage radio hams and electronics tinkerers in the mid-1950s.=20

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