Hacker
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Hacker may refer to:
Technology
- Hacker (expert), any of several types of persons
- Hacker (computer security), someone who seeks and exploits weaknesses in a computer system or computer network
- Hacker culture, a subculture focusing on intellectual and creative aspects of hacking
Entertainment
- Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, 1984 book by Stephen Levy
- Hackers: Wizards of the Electronic Age, 1985 video documentary inspired by the book
- Hacker (video game), 1985 puzzle/strategy computer game by Activision
- Hacker (card game), 1992 Steve Jackson Games release
- Hackers (anthology), a 1996 anthology of short stories edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
- Hackers (film), 1995 MGM film starring Jonny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie
- Hacker, a children's novel by Malorie Blackman
- The Hacker, a song by British industrial group Clock DVA
People
Real
- Francis Hacker (died 1660), fought for Parliament during the English Civil War and was one of the Regicides of Charles I
- Arthur Hacker (1858–1919), British artist
- George Hacker (bishop) (born 1928), Suffragan Bishop of Penrith
- Benjamin Thurman Hacker (1935–2003), U.S. Naval officer
- Sally Hacker (1936–1988), feminist sociologist
- Alan Hacker (1938–2012), English clarinetist
- Peter Hacker (born 1939), British philosopher
- Marilyn Hacker (born 1942), American poet, critic, and reviewer
- Arthur and Ron Hacker (20th century), brothers who formed Dynatron Radio Ltd and Hacker Radio Ltd
- Jacob Hacker (born 1971), American political scientist
- The Hacker (Michel Amato, born 1972), French electrocrash and tech producer
- Severin Hacker (born 1984), Swiss computer scientist, co-founder and CTO of Duolingo
- Katrina Hacker (born 1990), American figure skater
Fictional
- The Hacker, villain of the TV series Cyberchase
- Jim Hacker, title character in Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister
- Staff Sergeant Hacker, a character on the US TV series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
- Hacker, cyborg sidekick character in TV series The Centurions
- Hacker T. Dog, puppet character on Scoop and CBBC links
- The Nameless Hacker, the main protagonist of the 1994 game System Shock.
Other
- Hacker Brewery, and its beer, since 1972 merged into Hacker-Pschorr Brewery
- Hacker-Craft, boats made by the Hacker Boat Company
- Hacker Radio Ltd, a British manufacturer of consumer electronics products
- HackerNest, a nonprofit organization and movement that builds local technology communities worldwide
See also
- All pages with titles containing Hacker
- Hack (disambiguation)
- Hacking (disambiguation)
- Hacks (disambiguation)
- Haka (disambiguation)
- Hakka (disambiguation)
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