Hack (technology)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hack_%28technology%29

A Hack is usually a technique used to subvert, misuse or subtly change a program, gadget or mechanism in such a way as to change, or add to, its functionality.

Hack has several meanings in the technology and computer science fields: a clever or quick fix to a computer program problem; a clumsy or inelegant solution to a problem; or a modification of a program or device to give the user access to features that were otherwise unavailable to them.

Live Hack

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_hack

The term life hack refers to productivity tricks that programmers devise and employ to cut through information overload and organize their data.

Hacker

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker

In computing, a hacker is a person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular, as defined by Request for Comments (RFC) 1392 [1]

Nowadays, mainstream usage mostly refers to computer criminals, due to the mass media usage of the word since the 1980s. Unlike the definition in the RFC given above, this includes script kiddies, people breaking into computers using programs written by others, with very little knowledge about the way they work. Free software hackers consider this usage incorrect, and refer to security breakers as crackers.

Hacking

A term used in the United Kingdom for casual equestrianism, in particular trail riding.

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