- a person or thing that hacks.
- a person who engages in an activity without talent or skill: weekend hackers on the golf course.
- Computers.
- a person who has a high level of skill in computer technology or programming; a computer expert or enthusiast: My brother is a real hacker—he fixed my laptop in no time.
- a person who circumvents security and breaks into a network, computer, file, etc., often, but not always, with malicious intent: A hacker got into my computer remotely and wiped my hard drive!The company has hired hackers to test system security.
- a person that hacks
- a computer fanatic, esp one who through a personal computer breaks into the computer system of a company, government, etc
