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HackerHacker is a term used to describe different types of computer experts. It is also sometimes extended to mean any kind of expert, especially with the connotation of having particularly detailed knowledge or of cleverly circumventing limits. The meaning of Hacker ethicThe hacker ethic is either: The belief that information-sharing is a powerful positive good, and that it is an ethical duty of hackers to share their expertise by writing free (libre) software and facilitating access to information and computing resources HackersThe term Hackers can refer to several things: Hacker a type of person interested in exploration, usually of a computer or electrical engineering background Hacking a type of activity that also has several meanings Hackers (movie) a 1995 movie starring Ang Hacker conHacker con is a term for a hacker convention. Hacker cons among other services serve as meeting places for phreakers and hackers. The biggest such United States convention is DEF CON. Hackers on Planet earth AKA H. is another well-known conference, held b Hacker cultureThe hacker culture is the voluntary subculture which first developed in the 1960s among hackers working on early minicomputers in academic computer science environments. After 1969 it fused with the technical culture of the pioneers of the Internet, after Hacker communityA hacker community is a group of programmers who share code, exchange improvements and teach one another "tricks" or better methods or writing. Hacking" in this sense does not have anything to do with illegal computer activity; instead it connotes clever Hackers (movie) Hacker Manifesto Hackers (short stories) Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution Hacker Emblem Hacker Clans Hacker koan