hacker

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hacker

1. slang Someone skilled in computer programming. Any one of those IT guys could help you with your computer problem—they're all hackers.
2. slang Someone skilled in computer programming who uses this knowledge to gain unauthorized access to things like online accounts and computer files and systems. Some hacker accessed that credit card company's files over the weekend.
3. slang A poor or unskillful golfer. If you play with a hacker like him, you'll never get off the first tee, believe me.
4. slang A taxi driver. "Hack" is a nickname for a taxi, referring to a "hackney" carriage. Good luck finding a hacker around here—you're better off taking the bus.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hacker

1. n. a taxi driver. You wonder how some of these hackers keep their licenses.
2. n. a sloppy or inefficient computer programmer. This program was written by a real hacker. It’s a mess, but it works.
3. n. a generally unsuccessful person. Poor Pete is just a hacker. He’ll never go any place.
4. n. someone who breaks into a computer electronically. Some hacker broke into our computer!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • log off
  • metal
  • bare metal
  • boot up
  • bootstrap
  • log into
  • hard reboot
  • reboot
  • three-finger salute
  • a three-finger salute
References in periodicals archive
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San Francisco: The hacker, who earlier stole and posted personal data of close to 843 million users of various popular websites on a Dark Web marketplace, has now put up the fourth set of nearly 26 million hacked databases for sale.
Serial hacker is back: 26 million users' personal data for sale
Lingad's company officially launched its first product in 2017, claiming to be a first on its kind in Southeast Asia, which is a 'bug bounty platform' wherein ethical hackers are crowdsourced to infiltrate a company's website to find security weaknesses and recommend solutions.
College dropout turns cybersecurity passion into business
Hackers found the first vulnerability in the Department of Defense 13 minutes after they began pummeling the Pentagon's online defenses.
Hackers for hire
Cyber security expert Sreedeep Ck Alavil said, " Many black hat hackers are involved in illegal activities like carding ( trafficking of credit card and bank account information) and selling hacked Facebook pages by using advanced spy applications.
Hackers hit small businesses on FB
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Cyber espionage war heats up
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Pakistani hacker ranked 3rd among world's top hackers
(NYSE: MGT) has appointed Bryan Seely, an ethical hacker and author of Cyber Fraud: The Web of Lies, to its Hacker Advisory Board, the company said.
MGT appoints ethical hacker/author to hacker advisory board
M2 PHARMA-April 8, 2016-Tenet names Howard Hacker as SVP
Tenet names Howard Hacker as SVP