hacker   (TTS Sound)

The noun hacker has 4 senses

• hacker -- (someone who plays golf poorly)


• hacker, cyber-terrorist, cyberpunk -- (a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism)


• hacker -- (a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm; "true hackers subscribe to a code of ethics and look down upon crackers")


• hack, drudge, hacker -- (one who works hard at boring tasks)