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  1. Hackering: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See hacker as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Hacker)

noun:  Someone who hacks.
noun:  One who cuts with heavy or rough blows.
noun:  One who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity, especially (sports, originally and chiefly golf), a sport such as golf or tennis.
noun:  (computer security, telecommunications) One who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems.
noun:  (by extension, computer security, telecommunications) Synonym of white hat (“a computer security professional who hacks computers for a good cause, or to aid a company, organization, or government without causing harm (for example, to identify security flaws)”)
noun:  (by extension, video games, slang) Someone who cheats or gains an unfair advantage in a video game by means of a disallowed modification to the game.
noun:  (computing, dated) One who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer.
noun:  (by extension) One who applies a novel method, shortcut, skill, or trick to something to increase ease, efficiency, or productivity.
noun:  (obsolete) Synonym of hackster (“a violent bully or ruffian; also, an assassin, a murderer”)
noun:  Something that hacks; a device or tool for hacking; specifically, an axe used for cutting tree branches or wood.
noun:  (British, regional) A fork-shaped tool used to harvest root vegetables.
noun:  (US, road transport) One who operates a taxicab; a cabdriver.
verb:  (intransitive, chiefly British, dialectal, archaic) To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds; to stammer, to stutter; also, to mumble and procrastinate in one's speech; to hem and haw.
noun:  A surname.
▸ Also see hacker


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