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hacker n. [originally, someone who makes furniture with an axe] 1.
hacker ethic n. 1.
hacker humor A distinctive style of shared intellectual humor found among hackers, having the following marked characteristic
1. Fascination with form-vs.-content jokes, paradoxes, and hum...
Hackers (the movie) n. A notable bomb from 1995.
Should have been titled "Crackers", because cracking is what the movie was about....
hacking run n. [analogy with `bombing run' or `speed run'] A hack session extended long outside normal working times, especially one longer than 12 hours.
May cause you to `change phase...
Hacking X for Y n. [ITS] Ritual phrasing of part of the information which ITS made publicly available about each user.
This information (the INQUIR record) was a sort of form in which the...
Hackintosh n. 1. An Apple Lisa that has been hacked into emulating a Macintosh (also called a `Mac XL').
2. A Macintosh assembled from parts theoretically belonging to different models in ...
hackish /hak'ish/ adj. (also hackishness n.) 1. Said of something that is or involves a hack.
2. Of or pertaining to hackers or the hacker subculture. See also true-hacker....
hackishness n. The quality of being or involving a hack.
This term is considered mildly silly. Syn. hackitude....
hackitude n. Syn. hackishness; this word is considered sillier.

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