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Cybercrime
[Hackers]

hacker(noun.)
1. One who uses programming skills to gain
illegal access to a computer network or file
2. Microcomputer user who attempts to gain
unauthorized access to computer systems


Computer Hacking To the popular press, "hacker" means someone who breaks into computers. Among programmers it means a good programmer. But the two meanings are connected. To programmers, "hacker" connotes mastery in the most literal sense: someone who can make a computer do what he wants—whether the computer wants to or not.

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Hacker