Meaning of Hacking 18 Articles

by Dario Borghino

When you hear news about 'hackers' penetrating a website, your reaction will typically involve dilating pupils and astonishment - if the website is your own, symptoms may include a big deal of swearing and deep hate for th...read more

by Mark McClelland

In current usage, the term "hacking" most commonly refers to gaining unauthorized access to computer resources, such as databases or websites, typically through software-based exploits, with or without criminal intent. Fu...read more

by Ravi M S

Hacking means the same thing everywhere. Largely it means customization of a work that someone else has done to suit your requirements. Being a hacker in the open source community is a good thing. But most people don't kno...read more

by Leigh Goessl

Hacking is defined as an unauthorized entry. This illegal access is usually aimed at content such as computer files, webpages or networks. The practice of hacking dates back to approximately sometime in the 1960s. Histori...read more

by Sudo Nim

Hacking has a lot of meanings. In general, hacking can be used either to refer to manipulation of computers outside of normal use, or it can be used more specifically to mean illegal manipulation of computers, such as gain...read more

by Edward Raymond

To best understand the true meaning of hacking, you must know both the original meaning as well as that for the word that the media has made the term synonymous with. Hacking was originally meant as: to break apart or c...read more

by Jeffrey Ong

Hacking means to chop or cut off something. (From dictionary.com) Computer/system hacking meant something similar. It is actually to cut off certain authorisation control of the system so the person can get access. This i...read more

by Rao Vnm

Hacking means creating or modifying computer software and computer hardware. A hacker is a person who creates and modifies computer software and computer hardware, including computer programming, administration, and secur...read more

by Chidiebere Dimkpa

The answer to the question "What is hacking?" depends on who is asking that question, and who is demanding an answer. Hacking is a show of prowess, whereby an experienced and (usually) talented computer user (typical...read more

by Archer Smith

Hacking: to break something apart and do something different. Not necessarily better or worse, criminal or honorable, but different. So, what is hacking? When I was seven or eight I got this toy car, you were able t...read more

by Damien Biggs

The name Hacking or Hacker was first given to computer nerds who would spend days constantly on there computer, and back in the day were everything was done with a keyboard, so people would say that they have been hacking ...read more

by Shadow Rider

Basically, hacking is the act of exploiting any kind of system. That system could be a single piece of software/hardware or it could be entire servers with different protocols and services running. The most common act ...read more

by Jerry Mander

Hacking is not malicious. Hackers never mean to do harm. Crackers are often referred to as hackers, and it is just a mix-up in the terminology. In the computing world, hackers are referred to as White-Hats and crackers a...read more

by Matt Schmittdiel

The meaning of hacking, or hacker in the original sense was a definition of someone who was good a problem solving, particularly with computers. In the early days, computers were simply machines that were accessible only t...read more

by MsPonder

The Meaning of Hacking is elite ethical programming, the means for getting inside the workings of a computer program for various reasons. One maybe to check the integrity of a program, testing security of a program or m...read more

by Marc Patrick Efeni

HACKING OR CRACKING, WHICH IS MORE MALICIOUS? By Efeni Marc Patrick The word hacking as used by many computer literates/users of this generation is an acronym to an act that is very hideous. However, hacking in its...read more

by Shaz L.

"Hacking" is most of the times being misinterpreted as an act of invading into someones private data and doing mischiefs. But it's totally wrong. Hackers belong to a community which works on the following lines. It tries t...read more

by Moakhirul Mahmood

Yes, you are right hackers are special people. But what makes them special? It is actually their creativity. No, hackers are not ALL criminals. Nevertheless, some of them can go real bad. "A hacker is a person who...read more