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hacker

noun as in someone proficient at computers, especially a hobbyist

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After a bunch of tough talk, this round of the hacker-on-hacker fight nevered materialized.

Until recently, the hacker collective known as Lizard Squad was all but unknown.

Surely only an advanced hacker could mastermind such a fiendish act — right?

In the real world, he said, a hacker is more likely interested in stealing records he can sell than in harming a patient.

Four days later, 4.6 million Snapchat usernames and phone numbers were compromised and leaked online by a hacker.

A teenage hacker-turned-hero pits himself against the government to fight for his basic freedoms.

The funding was kicked off by some tech millionaires who couldn't believe that a bunch of hacker kids had kicked the DHS's ass.

Any complex system is sport for a hacker; a side effect of this is the hacker's natural affinity for problems involving security.

However, the motivations of a hacker are typically as simple as Im an engineer because I like to design things.

Colonel Hacker again admonished me to go home, and keep no more meetings.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hacker, such as: operator, technician, programmer, application programmer, computer architect, and computer designer.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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