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hacking

hacking

1 3.3
Trying new ways to use computers to make programs
  • noun
  • /ˈhækɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : programación creativa
  • The workshop focused on hacking as a creative way to solve programming challenges.

so yeah. So I started hacking on Volumex on nights and weekends,

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Examples

  • I need to learn this because I can't like, I can't think about cyberwar without like knowing how hacking works and all this stuff.

  • They are all people who learnt their hacking skills in their early to mid teens.

  • I mean, I know about hacking in the sense of what I do myself and what I implement and what, as I go out, what I learn now.

  • Speak about Bangladesh, speak about Michigan, speak about hacking, being a a volunteer here for this moment.

  • And well, my question relates to hacking and what I recall was referred to as entity realism.

  • Today, however, it announced Hacking Education, a new contest to make apps and crunch data to find trends in what teachers aren't getting across the country.

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  • Many students enjoy hacking on weekends, creating fun projects with their computers.

  • He developed his hacking skills by exploring different software and experimenting with code.

Synonyms

hackery
vshacking
  • Jargon
1 7.9

The use of clever, quick methods to solve problems on computers

focuses on creative, non-malicious experimenting and programming with computers

Antonyms

A tendency to cause damage to people or things

hacking
  • Texting
2 4.2

Gaining unauthorized access to computer systems to steal or damage data

How Skilled

software engineer
  • Specialized
14 3.5
hacking
  • Specialized
1 3.3
programming
  • Specialized
112 3.3

Surface Forms

hacking singular
hackings plural

Morphology

hacking = hack (transparent) = hack + ing

A direct nominalization of the verb 'hack' (to tinker/program) with '-ing'; learners familiar with 'hack' in the creative/programming sense will infer the meaning.

Etymology

Hacking for creative computer work comes from the idea of a hack as a clever, quick solution, similar to a life hack, meaning a smart shortcut. So hacking can mean experimenting with code or making new tools in a playful, inventive way.