Hacker

Hacker may refer to:

Technology

• Hacker (term), a contentious term used in computing for several types of person
  • Hacker (computer security) or cracker, who accesses a computer system by circumventing its security system
  • Hacker (hobbyist), who makes innovative customizations or combinations of retail electronic and computer equipment
  • Hacker (programmer subculture), who shares an anti-authoritarian approach to software development now associated with the free software movement

Entertainment

• Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, 1984 book by Steven Levy
• Hacker (video game), 1985 computer game by Activision
• Hacker (card game), 1992 Steve Jackson Games release
• Hackers (anthology), a 1996 anthology of short stories edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• Hackers (film), 1995 MGM film starring Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee Miller
• Hacker, a children's novel by Malorie Blackman

People

Real

• Hack the Space (amine el alaoui) Moroccoan electroclash and techno producer
• The Hacker (Michel Amato, b. 1972), French electroclash and techno producer
• Alan Hacker (b. 1938), English clarinetist
• Benjamin Thurman Hacker (1935–2003), U.S. Naval officer
• George Hacker (20th century), U.S. lawyer, head of the Alcohol Policies Project
• Katrina Hacker (b. 1990), American figure skater
• Marilyn Hacker (b. 1942), American poet, critic, and reviewer
• Peter Hacker (b. 1939), British philosopher
• Sally Hacker (1936–1988), feminist sociologist
• Arthur and Ron Hacker (20th century), brothers who formed Dynatron Radio Co in the 1920s and Hacker Radio Ltd in the 1960s in Maidenhead Berkshire UK, one time royal warrant holders as supplied Radio equipment "By appointment" to the royal household.

Fictional

• Hacker, villain of the TV series Cyberchase
• J. Random Hacker, the mythical/archetypal hacker nerd
• Jim Hacker, title character in Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister
• Staff Sergeant Hacker, a character on the US TV series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
• Hacker, cyborg sidekick character in The Centurions (TV series)

Other

• Hacker Brewery, and its beer, since 1972 merged into Hacker-Pschorr Brewery
• Hacker-Craft: Boats made by the Hacker Boat Company
• Hacker Fares™, KAYAK.com itineraries that require purchasing two or more one-way tickets on separate airlines

See also

• Hack
• Hacking
• Hacks
• Haka
• Hakka (disambiguation)

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