Hacker

Hacker may refer to:

Technology

• Hacker (expert), any of several types of persons
  • Hacker (computer security), someone who seeks and exploits weaknesses in a computer system or computer network
  • Hacker culture, a subculture focusing on intellectual and creative aspects of hacking

Entertainment

• Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, 1984 book by Stephen Levy
  • Hackers: Wizards of the Electronic Age, 1985 video documentary inspired by the book
• Hacker (video game), 1985 puzzle/strategy computer game by Activision
• Hacker (card game), 1992 Steve Jackson Games release
• Hackers (anthology), a 1996 anthology of short stories edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• Hackers (film), 1995 MGM film starring Jonny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie
• Hacker, a children's novel by Malorie Blackman
• The Hacker, a song by British industrial group Clock DVA

People

Real

• Francis Hacker (died 1660), fought for Parliament during the English Civil War and was one of the Regicides of Charles I
• Arthur Hacker (1858–1919), British artist
• George Hacker (bishop) (born 1928), Suffragan Bishop of Penrith
• Benjamin Thurman Hacker (1935–2003), U.S. Naval officer
• Sally Hacker (1936–1988), feminist sociologist
• Alan Hacker (1938–2012), English clarinetist
• Peter Hacker (born 1939), British philosopher
• Marilyn Hacker (born 1942), American poet, critic, and reviewer
• Arthur and Ron Hacker (20th century), brothers who formed Dynatron Radio Ltd and Hacker Radio Ltd
• Jacob Hacker (born 1971), American political scientist
• The Hacker (Michel Amato, born 1972), French electrocrash and tech producer
• Severin Hacker (born 1984), Swiss computer scientist, co-founder and CTO of Duolingo
• Katrina Hacker (born 1990), American figure skater

Fictional

• The Hacker, villain of the TV series Cyberchase
• 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.
• Hacker, cyborg sidekick character in TV series The Centurions
• Hacker T. Dog, puppet character on Scoop and CBBC links
• The Nameless Hacker, the main protagonist of the 1994 game System Shock.

Other

• Hacker Brewery, and its beer, since 1972 merged into Hacker-Pschorr Brewery
• Hacker-Craft, boats made by the Hacker Boat Company
• Hacker Radio Ltd, a British manufacturer of consumer electronics products
• HackerNest, a nonprofit organization and movement that builds local technology communities worldwide

See also

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