/hækə(ɹ)/ • orig. "hack" + "-er"
1 A person educated or especially self-taught in the use of computer hardware, software and networking, as well as other electronic and/or telecommunications devices, information technology and computer science.
2 a polymath specializing in technology, especially that dealing with computers and communications. A (computer) geek.
3 Someone with the skills to crack (i.e., gain electronic access to) another computer or node on a computer network, but chooses not to use them, unless in the capacity of a penetration testing technician for the purpose of informing the system's owner/administrator of a security hole.
4 Synonym for white hat or grey hat. (a black hat would be a cracker).
5 Often used incorrectly to mean a cracker (i.e., a hacker who uses his skills for mailicious and/or usu. illegal purposes or monetary gain. An Internet cowboy.
6 Someone who hacks. A hacktivist.
1 A person educated or especially self-taught in the use of computer hardware, software and networking, as well as other electronic and/or telecommunications devices, information technology and computer science.
2 a polymath specializing in technology, especially that dealing with computers and communications. A (computer) geek.
3 Someone with the skills to crack (i.e., gain electronic access to) another computer or node on a computer network, but chooses not to use them, unless in the capacity of a penetration testing technician for the purpose of informing the system's owner/administrator of a security hole.
4 Synonym for white hat or grey hat. (a black hat would be a cracker).
5 Often used incorrectly to mean a cracker (i.e., a hacker who uses his skills for mailicious and/or usu. illegal purposes or monetary gain. An Internet cowboy.
6 Someone who hacks. A hacktivist.
Hackers have become incensed by the media's incorrect and inflammatory use of the word hacking to refer to cracking.
by Frosztbyte May 6, 2016
Get the hacker mug.Hackers Hell (HH) is a place in a game or system where cheaters would go. People who use mods, downloads, cheats, hacks, Etc. will be put in a different server/system from the rest of the normal players. Almost every game has a Hackers Hell or it bans the player because of cheating the system. Some games don't have a Hackers Hell sometimes because they don't have time to make one, don't notice the cheaters, or just don't care. There is a low chance to have a hacker in Hackers Hell because most people who are in Hackers Hell used generators. The likely chance to have someone escaped from Hackers He'll is probably 15% if someone is lucky enough to escape then they are most likely a hacker.
Some kid buys a new game and wants to have all his skills maxed so he uses a generator to get points and coins. Once the generator is finished the game would scan his account and find out he used a generator. Instead of just banning the account the game will put the account is a system which is Hackers Hell.
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