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Hacker

A hacker is most commonly a person who seeks unauthorized access to a computer system or network. The word is also used for a skilled programmer or computer enthusiast.

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Hacker

Nodes75
Edges74
Triples202
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026667
Components1

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Hacker

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related to Professionalization and institutionalization · 17
Hacker → Black Hat, Coordinated-disclosure, DEF CON, Defense, During, Eligible, Hack, In, It, L0pht Heavy Industries, Pentagon, Security, The, The Bugtraq, Their, United States Department, United States Senate
related to Expansion beyond academic computing · 14
Hacker → Altair BASIC, Bill Gates, Community Memory, During, GNU, He, In Berkeley, Linux, Microsoft, OS, The, The GNU Project, The Homebrew Computer Club, Unix-compatible
related to Public adoption and legal conflict · 14
Hacker → Abuse Act, Computer Fraud, Congress, In, Internet, July, Operation Sundevil, Robert Tappan Morris, Secret Service, The, The Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Morris, United States, WarGames
related to Etymology and early uses · 13
Hacker → Before, Fred, In, Legal, Massachusetts Institute, MIT, MIT's, Old English, Shapiro, Tech Model Railroad Club's, Technology, The, The Tech
related to In the news media and public discourse · 13
Hacker → China Daily, Each, Earlier, However, In, Motives, National, News, Positive, Reports, September, The New York Times, United States
related to Early technical culture · 12
Hacker → In, Members, MIT, MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT's TX-0, PDP-1, Project MAC, Spacewar, Steven Levy, Tech Model Railroad Club, The, Unlike
related to In popular culture · 12
Hacker → Blackhat, Hackers, In, It, Later, Mr, Robot, Swordfish, The, The Matrix, Their, WarGames
related to Computer intrusion and the security meaning · 11
Hacker → As, Doom, During, Legion, Participants, Phrack, Programmers, Some, The, They, Underground
related to Programmer and free-software hackers · 11
Hacker → Established, Free, Free-software, In, Internet-based, It, Open, Open-source, Programmer, Their, They
related to Hacker ethics and values · 10
Hacker → Accounts, Anthropologist, Coleman, Gabriella Coleman, In, Later, MIT, Other, Respondents, Western

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hackers computer security technical also software may communities systems work hacking access use unauthorized public used people programmer without information

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Hackeris asecurity professional who tests systems lawfully0.90text
Hackeris aperson with the expertise to find or exploit weaknesses in computer systems0.90text
hackathoninstance ofThe favorable use of hack for an inventive solution has spread beyond computing in terms0.80text
civic hackinginstance ofThe favorable use of hack for an inventive solution has spread beyond computing in terms0.80text
biohackinginstance ofThe favorable use of hack for an inventive solution has spread beyond computing in terms0.80text
growth hackinginstance ofThe favorable use of hack for an inventive solution has spread beyond computing in terms0.80text
and life hackinstance ofThe favorable use of hack for an inventive solution has spread beyond computing in terms0.80text
Swordfishinstance ofturned that figure into a hero resisting an oppressive digital system.Later films0.80text
Hackerrelated to Competing definitionsCurrent0.60section
Hackerrelated to Competing definitionsProgrammer0.60section
Hackerrelated to Competing definitionsIn0.60section
Hackerrelated to Competing definitionsVulnerabilities0.60section

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