This article is about computer hacking. For other uses, see
Hacker (disambiguation) and
Hacking. Hacker has several common meanings, the unifying characteristic of which is only that it refers to a person who is an avid computer
enthusiast. It is most commonly used as a
pejorative by the
mass media to refer to a person who engages in illegal
computer cracking, which is its original meaning, but it can also refer to people engaged in ethical hacking, to the members of the open source and free software community or to home computer hobbyists.
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