One who uses their computer skills to comit molicious crimes against others. Some are skilled computer programmers and specialists. Others are young children, teens, or inexperianced individuals that do these acts for fun or for the rush of acting as a professianal for the first time. Because of the media, the public often thinks of hackers as criminals even though this is not true. Hackers just have a passion for computers and specializing in them.
by mr. white hat April 27, 2008
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This activity is ilegal in many countries because it forces the software developers to increase the price of their products in order to recover lost revenue.
A cracker will usually have low level programming experience and a detailed technical understanding of commercial software protections.
This activity is ilegal in many countries because it forces the software developers to increase the price of their products in order to recover lost revenue.
A cracker will usually have low level programming experience and a detailed technical understanding of commercial software protections.
Hardware protections are the best defence against crackers because they require great technical expertise to circumvent.
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A "talker" in the sense of a Gaelic word meaning talk..."craic". The term was originally used to describe Scots, Irish and Ulster-Scots and -Irish (many of whom settled in the Southern US) with the "gift of gab". As these folks were almost exclusively Caucasian, it somehow (don't know) evolved into a derogatory term for them.
by An Ulster Scot September 15, 2008
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Get the cracked out mug.A person who hacks and guesses password without any prior knowlegde; A Person who is described as someone who hacks into systems and/or sites/data to only destroy wihtout any intrest in the system there breaking into; A white person refered to as a cracker by a racist normally a African American or a white person that acts black ("wigger")
by {HC}Cookie November 11, 2008
Get the cracker mug.Crackensack is what some people call Hackensack (NJ) because of the drug issues you can find in many parts of town. The city isn't really as bad as people make it out to be, but for the county it's in (Bergen Co, near NYC) it's a hot spot for people around the area to buy and sell drugs.
Hackensack is the largest city in Bergen County, NJ
Hackensack is the largest city in Bergen County, NJ
P1- Yo, you know where i could score some crack and weed
P2- You can probably just take a drive down to Crackensack and find something
P1- Is it safe?
P2- Only if you make it out to be.
P2- You can probably just take a drive down to Crackensack and find something
P1- Is it safe?
P2- Only if you make it out to be.
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