Hack
Encyclopedia
Computers and technology
- Hack (computer security) to break into computers and computer networks
- Hack (computer science), an inelegant but effective solution to a computing problem
- Hack (programmer subculture), participation in a computer programmer subculture
- Hack (hobby), heavy modification of the software or hardware of one's own computer system
- Life hack, productivity techniques used by programmers to solve everyday problems
- What the HackWhat the HackWhat The Hack was an outdoor hacker conference held in Liempde, Netherlands between the 28th and 31st of July, 2005. It is an event in a sequence that began with the Galactic Hacker Party in 1989, followed by Hacking at the End of the Universe in 1993, Hacking In Progress in 1997 and Hackers At...
, a hacker conference held in Liempde, The Netherlands - ROM hackingROM hackingROM hacking is the process of modifying a video game ROM image to alter the game's graphics, dialogue, levels, gameplay, or other elements. This is usually done by technically inclined video game fans to breathe new life into a cherished old game, as a creative outlet, or to make essentially new...
, the process of modifying a video game's program image - MIT hackMIT hackHacks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are practical jokes and pranks meant to prominently demonstrate technical aptitude and cleverness, or to commemorate popular culture and historical topics. The pranks are anonymously installed at night by hackers, usually, but not exclusively...
, a clever, benign, and ethical prank or practical joke at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sports
- Hack (falconry)Hack (falconry)Hacking is a training method that helps young falcons reach their hunting potential by giving them exercise and experience. This technique is used to prepare the falcon to become an independent hunter. The sequence of the procedure includes captivity, releasing, flight, and either the falcon will...
, training method for young falcons - Hack (horse)Hack (horse)Hack within the activity of equestrianism commonly refers to one of two things: as a verb, it describes the act of riding a horse for light exercise, and as a noun, it is a type of horse used for riding out at ordinary speeds over roads and trails...
, an animal used for pleasure riding, as well as the verb form (hacking, to hack) for the activity- Show hackShow hackThe show hack is a type of ridden show horse, exhibited to a standard first established in England.Affiliated showing and breeding of the show hacks in the United Kingdom is overseen by the British Show Horse Association....
, a type of show horse and type of competition - Hunter hackHunter hackHunter hack is a type of English pleasure class where exhibitors in Hunt seat tack and attire perform on the flat at a walk, trot, canter and hand gallop, and then jump two low fences...
, a horse show event
- Show hack
- Hack, a piece of equipment used for traction in the sport of curling
- Hack, a goal in a game of Hacky Sack, or the footbag circle kicking game
- Hack squat, a variant of the squat exercise, named after Georg Hackenschmidt
Games
- Hack (Unix video game), written in 1982
- .hack.hack.hack is a Japanese multimedia franchise that encompasses two projects; Project .hack and .hack Conglomerate. Both projects were primarily created/developed by CyberConnect2, and published by Bandai...
, a Japanese multimedia franchise- .hack (video game series).hack (video game series).hack is a series of single-player action role-playing games for the , developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Bandai. The four games are titled .hack//Infection, .hack//Mutation, .hack//Outbreak, and .hack//Quarantine...
, a four game series for the PlayStation 2
- .hack (video game series)
- Hack and slashHack and slashHack and slash or hack and slay, abbreviated H&S or HnS, refers to a type of gameplay that emphasizes combat. "Hack and slash" was originally used to describe an aspect of pen-and-paper role-playing games , carrying over from there to MUDs, MMORPGs, and video games in general...
, a genre of video game or a type of gameplay
People
- Dave HackDave HackDavid Hack is a former Canadian Football League offensive lineman who played ten seasons in the CFL for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He was named Eastern All-Star five times and was a part of the Grey Cup championship-winning Tiger-Cats in 1999...
(born 1972), Canadian Football League offensive lineman - Dorothy Weisel HackDorothy Weisel HackDorothy Weisel Hack was born in Sacramento, California, and was an amateur American tennis player in the 1920s and 1930s. She was ranked as high as No. 3 in the U.S. rankings during her career.-Career:...
(1910–1963), American amateurtennis player - Edward HackEdward HackEdward John Hack, born at Long Ashton, Somerset on 1 October 1913 and died at Bath on 20 September 1987, was a cricketer who played one first-class match for Somerset in 1937....
(1913–1987), English cricketer - Franz HackFranz HackFranz Hack was a Obersturmbannführer in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oakleaves and the Close Combat Clasp in Gold....
(1917–1978) - Hack EibelHack EibelHenry Hack Eibel was an utility in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Naps and Boston Red Sox . Listed at 5' 11", 220 lb., Eibel batted and threw left-handed...
(1893–1945), Major League Baseball pitcher - Hack MillerHack MillerLaurence H. "Hack" Miller , was a professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1916-1925....
(1894–1971), professional outfielder baseball player - Hack SchumannHack SchumannCharles J. Schumann was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...
(1884–1946), American Major League Baseball pitcher - Hack SimmonsHack SimmonsGeorge Washington "Hack" Simmons was a Major League Baseball player who played 4 seasons with the Detroit Tigers , New York Highlanders , and Baltimore Terrapins...
(1885–1942), Major League Baseball player - Hack SimpsonHack SimpsonHarold "Hack" Simpson was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics. He was born in Winnipeg. In 1932 he was a member of the Canadian ice hockey team, which won the gold medal. He played in five matches and scored six goals.-References:...
(1909–1978), Canadian Olympic ice hockey player - Hack SpencerHack SpencerFred Calvin Spencer was an American professional professional baseball player. Spencer played for the St. Louis Browns in the 1912 season. In one career game, he pitched in 1.7 innings and gave up two hits and two runs. He batted and threw right-handed.Spencer was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota,...
(1885–1969), Major League Baseball pitcher - Hack WilsonHack WilsonLewis Robert "Hack" Wilson was an American professional baseball player who played 12 seasons with the New York Giants, Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies...
(1900–1948), Baseball Hall of Famer - Hermann Josef HackHermann Josef HackHermann Josef Hack, , is a German artist, founder of the Global Brainstorming Project , a platform to provide communication of researchers, scientists with the general public by the means of art...
(born 1956), German artist - Jefferson HackJefferson HackJefferson Winston Hack is a journalist and magazine editor. He co-founded Dazed & Confused with photographer Rankin in 1991. Hack has been a contributor to The Daily Telegraph on men’s style and has guest-edited The Independent...
(born 1971), journalist and magazine editor - John Barton HackJohn Barton HackJohn Barton Hack was an early settler in South Australia; a prominent farmer, businessman and public figure. He lost his fortune in the financial crisis of 1840 and despite his best efforts, never regained anything like his former influence and prosperity...
(1805–1884), settler in South Australia - Margherita HackMargherita HackMargherita Hack is an Italian astrophysicist and popular science writer. The asteroid 8558 Hack, discovered in 1995, was named in her honor.-Biography:...
(born 1922), Italian astrophysicist - Maria HackMaria Hack-Life and family:Maria was born to John Barton and his wife Maria Done in Carlisle on 16 February 1777. Both her parents were Quakers. The family moved to London before Maria's mother died. Her father married again to Elizabeth Horne of Tottenham, with whose family Mary lived after her father's...
(1777–1844), English writer - Olivia HackOlivia HackOlivia Hack is an American actress and voice actress, best known for providing the voice of Rhonda Wellington Lloyd in Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold!, and for playing Cindy Brady in the 90's theatrical Brady Bunch films. She has also done voices for Fillmore!, Bratz as Cloe, Family Guy, Blood+ and...
(born 1983), American voice actress - Petra HackPetra HackPetra Hack is a former German model.In 1991 she was voted to Miss Germany by the Miss Germany Association . In the same year she reached place three in the Miss Intercontinental vote.-References:...
(born 1970), German model - Richard HackRichard HackRichard Hack is an American writer best known for his biographical books and screenplays. He is a frequent guest on talk shows and an outspoken critic of bias in television news.- Background :...
(born 1951), American writer - Sabine HackSabine HackSabine Hack is a former professional tennis player from Germany. She began her career on the WTA Tour in 1983. She won four singles and one doubles titles in her career. Her best Grand Slam performance was reaching the quarterfinals at the 1994 French Open. Hack reached a career-high ranking of...
(born 1969), German tennis player - Shelley HackShelley HackShelley Marie Hack is an American supermodel, actress, producer, and political & media advisor. Hack is best remembered for her role as Tiffany Welles in the fourth season of the ABC Television Drama Charlie's Angels ; replacing the departing Kate Jackson...
(born 1947), American supermodel and actress - Stan HackStan HackStanley Camfield Hack , nicknamed "Smiling Stan," was an American third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Chicago Cubs and was the National League's top third baseman in the late 1930s and early 1940s...
(1909–1979), American third baseman and manager
Mass media
- Hack (American TV series), a CBS television series
- Hack (album)Hack (album)Hack is an album by freestyle synth-pop band Information Society. The album sold quite well but did not outsell its smash debut album. It is the only major-label-distributed title that has the modern Tommy Boy Records logo on it.-Track listing:...
, a 1990 album by Information Society - Hack (radio program)Hack (radio program)Hack is the title of a current affairs radio program on Australian national radio broadcaster Triple J.The show began at the start of 2004 after a shake up of the station's programming. The previous current affairs program, The Morning Show from 9 a.m. to midday, was axed and the half-hour Hack...
, a current affairs program on Australian radio network Triple J - Hack! (film)Hack! (film)Hack! is a 2007 American horror film directed and written by Matt Flynn. In this movie, a bunch of kids go on a school field trip, and end up walking onto the set of a snuff film.The film was released in the UK on 20 July 2007.- Cast and characters :...
, a 2007 film starring Danica McKellar - Hack (comics)Hack (comics)Hack is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe who first appearance was in Excalibur vol. 2 #2.-Fictional character biography:Little is known about Hack before he made his appearance on the desolate island of Genosha...
, a Marvel Comics Universe mutant character
Other uses
- Hack writerHack writerHack writer is a colloquial and usually pejorative term used to refer to a writer who is paid to write low-quality, rushed articles or books "to order", often with a short deadline. In a fiction-writing context, the term is used to describe writers who are paid to churn out sensational,...
, a writer who is paid to write low-quality, quickly put-together articles or books - Hack (comedy)Hack (comedy)Hack is a term used primarily in stand-up comedy, but also sketch comedy, improv comedy, and comedy writing to refer to a joke or premise for a joke that is considered obvious, has been frequently used by comedians in the past, and/or is blatantly copied from its original author...
, a joke, or premise for a joke, that is considered obvious, frequently used, and/or stolen. - Hack (masonry)Hack (masonry)A hack is a row of stacked green bricks protected from the rain by a covering of straw, slates or special wooden hack covers, the sides protected by mats or planks.-References:...
, a row of stacked unfired bricks protected from the rain - Roof and tunnel hackingRoof and tunnel hackingRoof and tunnel hacking is the unauthorized exploration of roof and utility tunnel spaces. The term carries a strong collegiate connotation, stemming from its use at MIT, where the practice has a long history. It is a form of urban exploration...
, unauthorized exploration of roof and utility tunnel spaces - Political hackPolitical hackA political hack is a negative term ascribed to a person who is part of the political party apparatus, but whose intentions are more aligned with victory than personal conviction...
, a person who devotes him/herself to party-political machinations
See also
- Hacks (disambiguation)
- Hacker (disambiguation)
- Hacking (disambiguation)