(v). To have engineered a novel approach to a problem that appears intractable to others. Typically, such an approach yields a benefit in one or more of cost, time, and effort. Similar, though distinct from: "hacked." "Hacking" typically implies either a) the act of illicitly gaining higher permissions on a computer system or b) roughly cutting into material with a blunt instrument.

Pronounced /hakT/ or /aych-A-kay-tee/

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