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hackerish

adj

Etymology

From hacker + -ish.

  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. suffixed as hackerish — “hacker + ish”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a hacker (technically skilled computer enthusiast).

    • The hackerish look of dot-matrix fonts on screens and printers has partially prevented full acceptance of computers as tools for a literate public.
    • Jones is an engineer, and presented the engineering approach as the more hackerish, the more ad hoc of the two: Solve the problem no matter what.
    • There is a rich, hackerish tradition in the computer world of making any new computer or video game system emulate those that came before it.

  2. Resembling or characteristic of a hacker (malicious user who breaks into computer…

    Resembling or characteristic of a hacker (malicious user who breaks into computer systems).

    • ...requires users to disclose new and useful information on computer and network security or other hackerish subjects to be admitted to the privileged areas of the system.
    • To find a hacker chat room, look for rooms with names like #2600, #phreak, #carding, #cracks, #anarchy, or any other phrase that sounds hackerish.

The neighborhood

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