[plug] what's a hacker?

[Leon Blackwell]

On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 06:21:31AM +0000, Psyphen Codewalker wrote:
> I've been hearing many interpretations of the term "hacker" recently and was 
> wondering what actually defines someone as being a hacker.  Some sort of 
> technical definition would be nice, but not essential.

As always, RTFD (the D is for dictionary, people):

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/hacker.html


Hackers are not to be confused with crackers:

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/cracker.html

(this type of cracker does not go well with cheese or dip)


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