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(computing) Synonym of cracker
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One who carries out bodyhacking.
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One who collaborates with others to create open source solutions using publicly-released data, code and technology to solve local social, economic, and environmental challenges.
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(informal) Synonym of hackathon
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(informal) A kind of hackathon focusing on the use of large data sets.
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(computing) An undocumented function hidden in a program or video game, typically triggered by a particular input sequence or combination of keystrokes.
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(software) A change which is neither forward nor backward compatible.
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(computer science) A technique for converting a part of one problem to an equivalent part of another problem. Used in constructing reductions.
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The practice of taking advantage of highly-motivated programmers willing to work long hours.
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(computing, slang) In the computer security community, a skilled hacker who sometimes acts legally and in good will and sometimes not. They are a hybrid between "white hat" and "black hat" hackers. They hack for no personal gain, and do not have malicious intentions, but do commit crimes.
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Alternative spelling of gray hat
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(Internet slang, leetspeak) Alternative form of hacks
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(Internet, slang, leetspeak) hacker
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(computing) To accomplish a difficult programming task.
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Alternative form of hack-and-slasher [A film, video game or other work focused mainly on violence rather than strategy.]
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(idiomatic) To cope; to be successful in something despite adversity.
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(computing) A hacky workaround; an unattractive but expedient solution.
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(informal) An event where programmers and others meet for collaborative software development.
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(computing, informal) The day when a hackathon is held.
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The realm or sphere of hacks, or inferior writers.
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(computing) The victim of a hacking attack; one whose computer system is broken into.
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(US) One who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity, especially a sport such as golf or tennis.
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(computing, informal) Resembling or characteristic of a hacker (malicious user who breaks into computer systems).
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A community-operated workspace where people with common interests, often in computers, machining, science, and digital or electronic art, can meet to socialize and collaborate on projects.
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(slang, computing) The use of hacks (ingenious but inelegant techniques).
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(informal) A female hack (inferior journalist).
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A non-competition sport in which a small sack, or "hack", full of rice or sand is kept from falling to the ground by using any part of the body except the arms.
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(computing) In a hacky way.
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(computing) A hacking session extended long outside normal working times, especially one longer than 12 hours; sometimes an all-nighter.
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(computing, informal) Characteristic of hackers.
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(video games) A subgenre of roguelikes, characterized by persistent dungeons, little equipment upgrade path, large inventory size, single screen dungeon size, and towns without supplies.
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(archaic, uncountable) Inferior writing; literary hackwork.
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(video games) An accusation against another player of hacking (cheating).
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(video games) A person who claims someone else in an online game is hacking.
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(computing, informal) Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds.
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(slang, computing) Hacks, hacking.
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(Internet slang, leetspeak) hacker
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(leetspeak) Alternative spelling of hacks
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(leetspeak) Alternative spelling of haxxor [(leetspeak) hacker]
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(leetspeak) Alternative spelling of haxor [(leetspeak) A hacker.]
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(computing) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
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(transitive, computing) To modify the firmware of an electronic device, especially a mobile phone, in order to remove restrictions that prevent it from running unofficial software.
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(computing, of an electronic device) Having undergone jailbreaking.
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(computing, slang, rare) Perceptible pause in the smooth rendering of a software application's user interface due to slow operations or poor interface design.
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(informal, computing) A badly written or makeshift piece of software; a hack.
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Alternative spelling of lifehack [(colloquial) Any process or technique that reduces the chaos in one's life and makes it easier to manage, or more convenient.]
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(colloquial) Any process or technique that reduces the chaos in one's life and makes it easier to manage, or more convenient.
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Alternative spelling of MacGyver [(transitive) To assemble or repair something by ingenious improvisation, using everyday items that would not usually be used for the purpose.]
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(cryptography) Often the malicious party in examples of threat scenarios. See Alice and Bob.
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Pertaining to components from megacasting
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Synonym of megacasts; plural of megacasting
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(computing) A massive hack of a computer system.
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(transitive, computing) To surpass in hacking.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pedestrian, hacker. Someone who is mediocre at their craft.
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(slang, dated) A person who engages in phone phreaking.
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(computing, dated) The storage of a value in a memory address, typically to modify the behaviour of a program or to cheat at a video game.
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(computing, slang) A program, especially (historical) a hacking tool used to attack other users on early America Online services.
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(slang, computing) A personal computer, typically one modified for looks.
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(computing, slang) A hacker who has no talent other than for using other people's scripts.
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(computing, slang) A poorly-directed form of debugging, making various experimental changes to the source code in the hope that one of them will eventually fix the problem.
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(computing, programming) An object or callback that captures events; an event sink.
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(programming, informal) To corrupt the call stack, causing execution to jump to a random address, sometimes used as a malicious attack on a system.
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(Internet) To take over a discussion thread with a subject unrelated to the original posting.
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(programming, informal) A slapdash approach to programming involving guesswork or plagiarism rather than proper analysis and comprehension.
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(Internet slang) why (a purposeful misspelling)
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(video games) A patch enabling a player to cheat by modifying the properties of walls, as by making them transparent or nonsolid.
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(computing, slang) A well-meaning hacker who hacks for a good cause or to aid a company, organization, or government without causing harm.
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(computing) A hardware hacker.
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(computing) A procedure or a temporary fix that bypasses a problem and allows a user to continue working until a better solution can be provided.
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