Hack

Hack may refer to:

Computers and technology

• Hack (computer security) to break into computers and computer networks
• Hack (computer science), an inelegant but effective solution to a computing problem
• Hack (programmer subculture), participation in a computer programmer subculture
• Hack (hobby), heavy modification of the software or hardware of one's own computer system
• Life hack, productivity techniques used by programmers to solve everyday problems
• What the Hack, a hacker conference held in Liempde, The Netherlands
• ROM hacking, the process of modifying a video game's program image
• MIT hack, a clever, benign, and ethical prank or practical joke at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Sports

• Hack (falconry), training method for young falcons
• Hack (horse), an animal used for pleasure riding, as well as the verb form (hacking, to hack) for the activity
  • Show hack, a type of show horse and type of competition
  • Hunter hack, a horse show event
• Hack, a piece of equipment used for traction in the sport of curling
• Hack, a goal in a game of Hacky Sack, or the footbag circle kicking game
• Hack squat, a variant of the squat exercise, named after Georg Hackenschmidt

Places

• Hack Circle, an amphitheatre in Christchurch, New Zealand

Games

• Hack (Unix video game), written in 1982
• .hack, a Japanese multimedia franchise
  • .hack (video game series), a four game series for the PlayStation 2
• Hack and slash, a genre of video game or a type of gameplay

People

• Dave Hack (born 1972), Canadian Football League offensive lineman
• Dorothy Weisel Hack (1910–1963), American amateurtennis player
• Edward Hack (1913–1987), English cricketer
• Franz Hack (1917–1978)
• Hack Eibel (1893–1945), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Hack Miller (1894–1971), professional outfielder baseball player
• Hack Schumann (1884–1946), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Hack Simmons (1885–1942), Major League Baseball player
• Hack Simpson (1909–1978), Canadian Olympic ice hockey player
• Hack Spencer (1885–1969), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Hack Wilson (1900–1948), Baseball Hall of Famer
• Hermann Josef Hack (born 1956), German artist
• Jefferson Hack (born 1971), journalist and magazine editor
• John Barton Hack (1805–1884), settler in South Australia
• Margherita Hack (born 1922), Italian astrophysicist
• Maria Hack (1777–1844), English writer
• Olivia Hack (born 1983), American voice actress
• Petra Hack (born 1970), German model
• Richard Hack (born 1951), American writer
• Sabine Hack (born 1969), German tennis player
• Shelley Hack (born 1947), American supermodel and actress
• Stan Hack (1909–1979), American third baseman and manager

Mass media

• Hack (American TV series), a CBS television series
• Hack (album), a 1990 album by Information Society
• Hack (radio program), a current affairs program on Australian radio network Triple J
• Hack! (film), a 2007 film starring Danica McKellar
• Hack (comics), a Marvel Comics Universe mutant character

Other uses

• Hack writer, a writer who is paid to write low-quality, quickly put-together articles or books
• Hack (comedy), a joke, or premise for a joke, that is considered obvious, frequently used, and/or stolen.
• Hack (masonry), a row of stacked unfired bricks protected from the rain
• Roof and tunnel hacking, unauthorized exploration of roof and utility tunnel spaces
• Political hack, a person who devotes him/herself to party-political machinations

See also

• Hacks (disambiguation)
• Hacker (disambiguation)
• Hacking (disambiguation)

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