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is a person obsessed with computers. At the heart of the obsession is a drive master the computer. The classic hacker was simply a compulsive programmer. It is only recently that the term hacker became associated with the computerized vandalism. Great desc ....

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.... computer world, something into which they can mold their desires. Another definition -a person totally engrossed in computer programming and computer technology. In the 1980s, with the advent of personal computers and dial-up computer networks, hacker acquired a pejorative connotation, often referring to someone who secretively invades others' computers, inspecting or tampering with the programs or data stored on them. (More accurately, though, such a person would be called a “cracker.”) Hacker also means someone who, beyond mere programming, likes to take apart operating systems and programs to see what makes them tick ....