Hacker may refer to:
Computing and technology
- Hacker (computing) has a spectrum of meanings:
- Hacker (computer security), someone who crashes computers and network security, a hacker
- Hacker (free and open source software), a programmer in the free software and open source movement
- Hacker (hobbyist), an enthusiastic home computer hobbyist.
Similar meanings in other fields are:
- Media hacker, someone who uses the media in new ways
- Reality hacker, similar to a computer hacker, but hacks the "real world"
- Wetware hacker, one who experiments with biological materials
- Somebody who generally works 'outside the box'.
Entertainment
- Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution a 1984 book by Steven Levy.
- Hacker (computer game), a 1985 computer game by Activision
- Hacker (card game), a 1992 publication of Steve Jackson Games, which led to the establishment of the Electronic Frontier Foundation during the fiasco documented in Steve Jackson Games, Inc. v. United States Secret Service
- Hackers (film), a 1995 film written by Rafael Moreu and directed by Iain Softley
People named Hacker
Real
- Sally Hacker (1936–1988), feminist sociologist
- Alan Ray Hacker (b. 1938), English clarinettist
- Peter Hacker (b. 1939), British philosopher
- George Hacker (20th century), U.S. lawyer, head of the Alcohol Policies Project
- Marilyn Hacker (b. 1942), American poet, critic, and reviewer
- The Hacker (Michel Amato, b. 1972), French electroclash and techno producer
Fictional
- Jim Hacker, the title character of Yes Minister
- J. Random Hacker, the mythical/archetypal hacker nerd
- Hacker, a character of the TV series Cyberchase
- Sgt. Charley Hacker, a character on the series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
- Hacker, Doc Terror's cyborg sidekick in the animated series Centurions
Other definitions
Hacker may also refer to:
New York street sign, c. 1963
- Hacker (folklore), a mythological race in Scandinavian folklore
- A mediocre golfer [1]
- Someone who practises casual equestrianism, in particular trail riding
- A person skilled in the creation of a hack (masonry)
- A musician who plays out of turn or shows off constantly
- A player of NetHack, and other rogue-like games
- Hacker and hack are also terms for a taxicab driver (from the shortened form of hackney carriage).
- A brewery which merged with Pschorr in 1972, now the Hacker-Pschorr Brewery, and the beer it produces.
- In basketball a player with limited defensive ability and is prone to fouling.
See also
- Hack (disambiguation)
- Hacking (disambiguation)