1. A person who has job so notorious to have faux experience and education they immediately qualify as a hack such as an aroma therapist, massage therapist, wedding planner, quantum physicist, self-prophicized shaman, sociologist adviser, color profiler or even those suspiciously expensive caterers.
2. Someone who couldn't get a job in the real world and overcharges for their self-employed services.
2. Someone who couldn't get a job in the real world and overcharges for their self-employed services.
"No, you don't need magic lava rocks or green tea oil from some hack - go see a real doctor."
"Why don't you just ask your group what they want instead of hiring some hack to do 'psychographic research'?"
"I am not going to wear a lemon-chartreuse dress just because some hack said it was good for my aura."
"If the yoga instructor feels you up again, you should just admit he's a hack looking for an excuse to get closer to you."
"So, the fortune teller said she could give you more information about your future, and all she needed were the numerological vibes from your social security card – that's not insight – that's called a hack."
"Featuring who? The girl's already got the cords to sing – she doesn't need some token hack rhyming in the background."
"You paid $200 a session for some vibrating hack to play the flute over your 'sacred crystal?!' If I paid $200 for a musician, they better well have studied at Julilliard and bring the entire New York Philharmonic with them… and I'm not going to be smoking no crystal!"
"Why don't you just ask your group what they want instead of hiring some hack to do 'psychographic research'?"
"I am not going to wear a lemon-chartreuse dress just because some hack said it was good for my aura."
"If the yoga instructor feels you up again, you should just admit he's a hack looking for an excuse to get closer to you."
"So, the fortune teller said she could give you more information about your future, and all she needed were the numerological vibes from your social security card – that's not insight – that's called a hack."
"Featuring who? The girl's already got the cords to sing – she doesn't need some token hack rhyming in the background."
"You paid $200 a session for some vibrating hack to play the flute over your 'sacred crystal?!' If I paid $200 for a musician, they better well have studied at Julilliard and bring the entire New York Philharmonic with them… and I'm not going to be smoking no crystal!"
by NoHSDrama February 22, 2010
by Mike November 25, 2003
Hacking is a broad term used to describe many complex activities wherein the end goal is typically to obtain access to a computer system's servers, database(s), or stored files. This access may be any combination or desired or undesired, and legal or illegal.
Legal and condoned hacking is known as "white hat" hacking, and is used to test the security of a given computer network by hiring an individual or group of individuals to try to break in to it electronically, in order to determine the network's flaws or lack thereof.
Illegal or unwanted hacking is known as "black hat" hacking, however the term "cracking" is often used to describe malicious or malevolent hacking in which the end goal is to cause damage to the integrity of the targeted computers, whether to destroy, copy, or modify files, or possibly to install easy routes back into the system known as "backdoors".
Not all condoned hacking is legal, however. For example, if Jim's friend challenges him to hack or crack into his home computer, and Jim does so, it is still technically illegal despite the consent of his friend. Legal hacking (in the United States of America) needs to be approved with paperwork and status of employment; hobbyist hacking is generally always illegal.
Techniques for hacking vary intensely, and can incorporate activities including, but not limited to, creating pieces of software designed the circumvent (or falsely authenticate) the security in place in a given targeted computer network, creating pieces of hardware designed to do virtually the same thing known as "dongles", social engineering (a favored form of the famous hacker Kevin Mitnick), exploiting known or unknown (and subsequently discovered) bugs or flaws in the software that handles authentication to a given network, and other more obscure and clever methods.
Hacking can also refer simply to toying with computers and other electronic equipment in order to get them to do something they aren't supposed to do. This is the original and most true sense of the word, and is usually done for pleasure, amusement, proof of concept, or simply to exercise the brain. This type of hacking is generally harmless, and can even result in advances in current technology.
Unfortunately, the modern media has given hackers a poor portrayal, typically insinuating or outright stating that they are concerned with malicious destruction of electronic property, or even making accusations of cyber-terrorism. This sort of activity is more realistically descriptive of the cracking community (such as script kiddies), as true hackers do not typically ever hold the intent to cause harm, but engage in the activity for enjoyment, intellectual stimulation, or simply to surmount an obstacle. The goal is usually little more than obtaining access; once inside the system, a hacker's interests rapidly decline, as he or she has no intention to modify, copy, or destroy the files therein.
Hollywood has also given hackers an unrealistic image, portraying fancy graphics and unrealistic execution of the hacking in general. However, some movies have shown true tools or programs that real hackers have been known to use, such as the tool nmap.
Demographical data for true hackers is difficult to obtain, given their usually secretive nature, however the majority of hacking communities (such as 2600) indicate a much greater presence of males than females.
Legal and condoned hacking is known as "white hat" hacking, and is used to test the security of a given computer network by hiring an individual or group of individuals to try to break in to it electronically, in order to determine the network's flaws or lack thereof.
Illegal or unwanted hacking is known as "black hat" hacking, however the term "cracking" is often used to describe malicious or malevolent hacking in which the end goal is to cause damage to the integrity of the targeted computers, whether to destroy, copy, or modify files, or possibly to install easy routes back into the system known as "backdoors".
Not all condoned hacking is legal, however. For example, if Jim's friend challenges him to hack or crack into his home computer, and Jim does so, it is still technically illegal despite the consent of his friend. Legal hacking (in the United States of America) needs to be approved with paperwork and status of employment; hobbyist hacking is generally always illegal.
Techniques for hacking vary intensely, and can incorporate activities including, but not limited to, creating pieces of software designed the circumvent (or falsely authenticate) the security in place in a given targeted computer network, creating pieces of hardware designed to do virtually the same thing known as "dongles", social engineering (a favored form of the famous hacker Kevin Mitnick), exploiting known or unknown (and subsequently discovered) bugs or flaws in the software that handles authentication to a given network, and other more obscure and clever methods.
Hacking can also refer simply to toying with computers and other electronic equipment in order to get them to do something they aren't supposed to do. This is the original and most true sense of the word, and is usually done for pleasure, amusement, proof of concept, or simply to exercise the brain. This type of hacking is generally harmless, and can even result in advances in current technology.
Unfortunately, the modern media has given hackers a poor portrayal, typically insinuating or outright stating that they are concerned with malicious destruction of electronic property, or even making accusations of cyber-terrorism. This sort of activity is more realistically descriptive of the cracking community (such as script kiddies), as true hackers do not typically ever hold the intent to cause harm, but engage in the activity for enjoyment, intellectual stimulation, or simply to surmount an obstacle. The goal is usually little more than obtaining access; once inside the system, a hacker's interests rapidly decline, as he or she has no intention to modify, copy, or destroy the files therein.
Hollywood has also given hackers an unrealistic image, portraying fancy graphics and unrealistic execution of the hacking in general. However, some movies have shown true tools or programs that real hackers have been known to use, such as the tool nmap.
Demographical data for true hackers is difficult to obtain, given their usually secretive nature, however the majority of hacking communities (such as 2600) indicate a much greater presence of males than females.
Most of us around the café here are into hacking, although some just like to watch.
He was caught hacking into a major government computer system and is currently pending trial after being arrested that same day.
He was caught hacking into a major government computer system and is currently pending trial after being arrested that same day.
by JoshM June 15, 2006
1. finding possible exploits in software codes as to make it do your bidding. may be good (jailbreaking) or bad (cracking, piracy, virus, etc)
2. posting "i'm gay." or "i'm so hot." in a facebook account of a person who forgot to log out.
2. posting "i'm gay." or "i'm so hot." in a facebook account of a person who forgot to log out.
by yoasakura38 December 26, 2011
Hack (v.) -
In graffiti terms, to hack is to take either a pen, pencil, or marker and draw a clear line through another's hard work. Why one might choose to hack another's art is usually justified because the artwork was tagged by an opposing artist or personal rival. In some cases, the art just might not appeal to the "hacker" for numerous reasons.
In graffiti terms, to hack is to take either a pen, pencil, or marker and draw a clear line through another's hard work. Why one might choose to hack another's art is usually justified because the artwork was tagged by an opposing artist or personal rival. In some cases, the art just might not appeal to the "hacker" for numerous reasons.
"Can you hack that throw up over there on that wall next to the street lamp?"
"Wait. Why?"
"No reason. It's just that Paul made it; you know how he pisses me off."
"Wait. Why?"
"No reason. It's just that Paul made it; you know how he pisses me off."
by Romolo October 31, 2005
by King AKA Jean Claude Cam Dam November 13, 2010
by hackstar December 9, 2013