Hacker (disambiguation)

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A hacker is a highly skilled computer expert, including:

• Security hacker, someone who seeks and exploits weaknesses in a computer system or computer network

Hacker may also refer to:

Computing and technology

• Hacker culture, a computer programmer and security hacker subculture focused on intellectual and creative aspects of hacking
• HackerNest, a nonprofit organization and movement that builds local technology communities worldwide

People

• Hacker (surname), includes a list of people with the name
• Michael Amato or The Hacker (born 1972), French electroclash and tech producer

Arts, media, and entertainment

Fictional characters

• Hacker, cyborg sidekick character in TV series The Centurions
• Hacker T. Dog, puppet character on Scoop and CBBC links
• Hacker Republic, Lisbeth Salander aka Wasp, Plague, and Trinity, hacker friends and colleagues in the series which includes The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
• Jim Hacker, title character in Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister
• Staff Sergeant Hacker, a character on the US TV series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
• The Nameless Hacker, the main protagonist of the game System Shock (1994)
• The Hacker, a character on the US TV series Cyberchase

Films

• Hacker (film), a 2016 crime thriller
• Hackers (film), 1995 MGM film starring Jonny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie
• Hackers: Wizards of the Electronic Age, a 1985 video documentary inspired by Stephen Levy's 1984 book

Games

• Hacker (card game), 1992 Steve Jackson Games release
• Hacker (video game), 1985 puzzle/strategy computer game by Activision
  • Hacker II: The Doomsday Papers, 1986 sequel also by Activision
• Hackers (video game), 2016 strategy video game by Trickster Arts

Literature

• Hacker, a children's novel by Malorie Blackman
• Hackers (anthology), a 1996 anthology of short stories edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, a 1984 book by Stephen Levy

Music

• "Hacker", a song on Death Grips's 2012 album The Money Store
• "The Hacker", a song by British industrial group Clock DVA

Brands and enterprises

• Hacker Brewery, and its beer, since 1972 merged into Hacker-Pschorr Brewery
• Hacker Radio Ltd, a British manufacturer of consumer electronics products
• Hacker-Craft, boats made by the Hacker Boat Company

See also

• All pages with titles containing Hacker
• Hack (disambiguation)
• Hacking (disambiguation)
• Hacks (disambiguation)
• Haka (disambiguation)
• Hakka (disambiguation)

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This page was last edited on 3 January 2024, at 12:36