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1
a person who illegally gains access to a computer system and sometimes tampers with its information
- the company's security experts spent days trying to figure out how a hacker could have gotten past the firewall
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2
a person who lacks experience and competence in an art or science
- weekend golf hackers who are there mainly for the social networking
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- ace,
- adept,
- crackerjack
- (also crackajack),
- craftsman,
- expert,
- hand,
- master,
- past master,
- shark,
- sharp
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A Brief History of 'Hack'
A Brief History of 'Hack'
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“Hacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hacker. Accessed 25 Oct. 2020.
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