Definitions by Carl Klapper
hacker
Pre-Morris Worm:
A programmer who uses low-level features of a computer language or protocol (a hack) to produce results which canonical use can not.
Post-Morris Worm:
A criminal who steals computing resources and data through unauthorized access.
A programmer who uses low-level features of a computer language or protocol (a hack) to produce results which canonical use can not.
Post-Morris Worm:
A criminal who steals computing resources and data through unauthorized access.
I used to consider myself a LISP hacker, but since the sendmail debacle, I had to change my .finger to say "wizard" to keep our idiot congressmen from locking me up for redefining the comma operator.
hacker by Carl Klapper June 5, 2006