Hacking
Encyclopedia
Hacking may refer to:
- Computer hacking, including the following types of activity:
- Hacker (programmer subculture), activity within the computer programmer subculture
- Hacker (computer security)Hacker (computer security)In computer security and everyday language, a hacker is someone who breaks into computers and computer networks. Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, including profit, protest, or because of the challenge...
, to access computer networks, legally or otherwise - Computer crimeComputer crimeComputer crime, or cybercrime, refers to any crime that involves a computer and a network. The computer may have been used in the commission of a crime, or it may be the target. Netcrime refers to criminal exploitation of the Internet. Such crimes may threaten a nation’s security and financial health...
- Illegal taxicab operationIllegal taxicab operationWhile most jurisdictions require taxicab operators to be licensed, many unlicensed cabs are in operation. Some of these are marked taxi vehicles , and others are personal vehicles used by an individual to offer unauthorized taxi-like services...
- Pleasure ridingPleasure ridingPleasure riding is a form of equestrianism that encompasses many forms of recreational riding for personal enjoyment, absent elements of competition. Pleasure riding is called "hacking" in British English, and in parts of the eastern United States and Canada...
, horseback riding for purely recreational purposes - The act of stealing jokesJoke thieveryJoke thievery is the act of performing and taking credit for comic material written by another person without their consent. This is a form of plagiarism and sometimes can be copyright infringement....
- Hacking, an area within HietzingHietzingHietzing is the 13th municipal District of Vienna . It is located west of the central districts, west of Meidling...
, a municipal district of Vienna, Austria - Ian HackingIan HackingIan Hacking, CC, FRSC, FBA is a Canadian philosopher, specializing in the philosophy of science.- Life and works :...
, Canadian philosopher of science
See also
- Hack (disambiguation)
- Hacks (disambiguation)
- Hacker (disambiguation)
- List of hacker groups