Hacking

Hacking definition - hacker
Hacking to many in the Computer Underground (CU) is the act of immersing oneself in computer systems details to optimize their capabilities. “Cracking” is often incorrectly cited by the media and the public as “hacking,” a matter that aggravates those in the hacker community.

See Also: Cracking.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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