Noun hacker has 4 senses
- hacker - someone who plays golf poorly
--1 is a kind of golfer, golf player, linksman
- 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
--2 is a kind of programmer, computer programmer, coder, software engineer; terrorist
- 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"
--3 is a kind of programmer, computer programmer, coder, software engineer
- hack, drudge, hacker - one who works hard at boring tasks
--4 is a kind of unskilled person
--4 has particulars: plodder, slogger
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