Gets paid nothing to hack people unsuccessfully, using other peoples exploits and methods. AKA script kiddie, skiddie, nobhead, twat, penis. See also, whitehat hacker, blackhat hacker.
Pedophile: Hey, Can I see pictures of you?
Child victim: Sure
Purple HatHacker: "Pedophile, I already have your information and have filed a report on you"
A term broadly used to describe hardware and software research and development, and modification. "To hack" essentially means "to plow," and refers to assembling and modifying computer systems and programs. Programmers with high technical capabilities are given the honorary title of hacker.
The word can also refer to invading another person's computer, but the correct term is "cracking." Programmers who are adept at cracking refer to themselves as hackers. As a result, hacking is often taken to mean a criminal act.
Person 1 : Hi, I'm a hacker!
Person 2 : OMG WTF U STEAL PPLS BANK ACCOUNTZZ???
Person 1 : No you moron, that would be a cracker.
As information becomes more digital, public libraries are striving to redefine their roles. A smallnumber are working to create "hackerspaces," where do-it-yourselfers share sophisticated tools and their expertise.
A person who hacks not for personal gain but rather just for malicious perpuses. (See dick)
When you get on FaceBook only to find out that a Blackhat hacker hijacked your account, deleted all your friends, changed your status to "Masterbation exists", and lists all your credit card information/social security, and leaves a post in your wall saying "Yolo".