What is a HACK?
Debesh Choudhury, PhD
Information Security Researcher, Academician, Entrepreneur | Password & Cybersecurity, Digital Identity, Biometrics Limit, 3D Education | Linux Trainer | Writer | Podcast Host
<> There can be several meanings of the keyword hack.
The meanings of the hack are not interrelated; rather, they are disjoint.
<> What meaning do you want to associate with the word HACK?
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11 个月"Hack" originated with cuts made by a hatchet or axe. A woodsman would "hack out" some work, and their skill meant they could quickly create rough but functional items almost upon request. The term was also applied to mean journalists: some argue it meant skilled wordsmiths that could quickly type out engaging copy near a deadline, others pointed at the converse: it was rough and ready, quite unpolished but did the trick. In computing terminology, a "hacker" was thought of someone quite skilled, and that level of knowledge was needed to be a "cracker" - someone that infiltrated a system required good expertise in that field. That was later superseded by "script kiddies" that downloaded and ran some code without ever knowing how it worked, but just wanted the results: they "hacked their way" into something indicated how unrefined their approach was. So, weirdly... it's become synonymous with two different meanings, each being the opposite of the other. In recent times, it's become a substitute for "tip" - someone will write up some culinary tips and tricks but refer to them as "cooking hacks". Give it some time, and it'll soon refer to practises to avoid...