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Browsing page 24 of words meaning computer slang (607 words total)
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hacked up
adjective
- a system that was created by hacking it up over time. Note that creating a system by hacking it is different than creating a system by hacking it up.
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Last edited on Nov 10 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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hacker
noun
- while "hacker" originally had positive connotations, it has since come to refer to individuals who sometimes use computers with malicious intent. For example, a person who breaks into computers that they do not have official access to.
Citation from "Reeling in the hackers", The Irish Times, Karlin Lillington, February 19 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from Communications of the ACM, Volume 27 (1984) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by Charles B. from Westminster, CO, USA on Jun 16 1999.
- an expert or enthusiast of any kind, provided it involves hands-on work.
She calls herself a "culinary hacker."
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 14 2009.
- a person who is very good at programming.
Citation from Communications of the ACM, Volume 27 (1984) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- a person who enjoys exploring computers, making them work better than ever before, and making them solve problems that they've never solved before.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- a person who enjoys creatively overcoming or circumventing limitations.
He's a pretty good padlock hacker.
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- a person who is an expert at a particular computer program or computing technology.
You should ask Tim. He's a real MATLAB hacker.
I'm trying to become a well-known C++ hacker.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- a person who frequently does work on a computer, using a particular computer program.
He's a Unix hacker.
Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 15 2009.
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hackish
adjective
- a hack or involving a hack. (Both in the "poor solution" sense.)
My solution is kind of hackish, but it will work for now.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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hack on
verb
- to work on a pre-existing problem, program, or piece of source code. Compare with hack up.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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hacktivism
noun - uncountable
- activism via hacking.
Citation from "Is Anonymous Less Anonymous Now?", MIT Technology Review, May 16 2011 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on May 20 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on May 20 2011.
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hack together
verb - transitive
- to hack, with the result being something quickly and sloppily created, or modified to solve a particular problem.
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Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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hack up
verb - transitive
- to hack, with the result being something quickly and sloppily created, or modified to solve a particular problem.
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Last edited on Nov 10 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- to cut up or chop up.
The serial killer hacked up the sheriff at the end of the movie.
Last edited on Aug 02 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 02 2010.
- to cough up.
Last edited on Jan 24 2012. Submitted by Rudy from Hartford, CT, USA on Jan 24 2012.
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ha ha only serious
adjective
- a joke or "joke" that contains a core of truth.
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Last edited on Aug 14 2009. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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ham
adjective
- acronym for "hard as a mother fucker".
Last edited on Jun 11 2015. Submitted by Anonymous on May 07 2013.
noun - uncountable
- wanted messages - the opposite of spam.
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Last edited on Jan 29 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 13 2013.
verb - intransitive
- to act in an exaggerated style, usually to make people laugh.
Last edited on Dec 15 2010. Submitted by Jimmy P. from Bowling Green, OH, USA on Jan 06 1999.
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handwave
noun
- an instance of hand-waving as described in the verb sense.
Boy, what a handwave!
Last edited on Nov 10 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
verb
- an insufficient (and often dismissive) explanation of something complex.
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Last edited on Nov 10 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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