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cyberhacker

noun

Etymology

From cyber- + hacker.

  1. inherited from *keg-✻
  2. inherited from *hakkōną✻ — “to chop, hack”
  3. inherited from *hakkōn✻ — “to chop, hack”
  4. inherited from *haccian✻ — “to hack”
  5. inherited from hackere
  6. prefixed as cyberhacker — “cyber + hacker”

Definitions

  1. A computer hacker

    A computer hacker; one who breaks into computer systems.

    • On February 8, 2000, a cyberhacker attacked Yahoo, Amazon, eBay, CNN, and Buy.com, closing them for several hours.
    • Another possible approach to internet security focusing on hardware rather than relying on encryption software is the idea of shielding machines themselves from cyberhackers who usually commit their misdeeds by invading user software.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for cyberhacker. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA