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*Not to be [confused](often_confused.md) with [cracking](cracking.md).*
Hacking (also hackerdom) in the widest sense means exploiting usually (but not necessarily) a [computer](computer.md) [system](system.md) in a clever, "thinking outside the box" way. In context of computers the word *hacker* was originally -- that is in 1960s -- used for very good [programmers](programming.md) and people who were simply good with computers, the word *hacking* had a completely positive meaning; hacker could almost be synonymous with computer [genius](genius.md) (at the time people handling computers were usually physicists, engineers or mathematicians), someone who enjoyed handling and programming computers and could playfully look for very clever ways of making them do what he wanted. Over time hackers evolved a whole **hacker culture** with its own slang, set of values, behavioral and ethical norms, in jokes and rich lore. As time marched on, computer [security](security.md) has started to become an important topic and some media started to use the word *hacker* for someone breaking into a computer system and so the word gained a negative connotation in the mainstream -- though many refused to accept this new meaning and rather used the word *[cracker](cracker.md)* for a "malicious hacker", there appeared new variants such as *white hat* and *black hat* hacker, referring to ethical and malicious hackers. With onset of online [games](game.md) the word *hacking* even became a synonym for [cheating](cheating.md). The original positive meaning has recently seen some comeback with popularity of sites such as [hacker news](hacker_news.md) or hackaday, the word *life hack* has even found its way into the non-computer mainstream dictionary, however a "[modern](modern.md) hacker" is a bit different from the oldschool hacker, usually for the worse (for example a modern self proclaimed "hacker" has no issue with wearing a [suit](suit.md), something that would be despised by an oldschool hacker). We, [LRS](lrs.md), advocate for using the original, oldschool meaning of the word *hacker*.
Hacking (also hackerdom) in the widest sense means exploiting usually (but not necessarily) a [computer](computer.md) [system](system.md) in a clever, "thinking outside the box" way so to speak. In context of computers the word *hacker* was originally -- that is in 1960s -- used for very good [programmers](programming.md) and people who were simply good with computers, the word *hacking* had a completely positive meaning; hacker could almost be synonymous with computer [genius](genius.md) (at the time people handling computers were usually physicists, engineers or mathematicians), someone who enjoyed handling and programming computers and could playfully look for very clever ways of making them do what he wanted. Over time hackers evolved a whole **hacker culture** with its own slang, set of values, behavioral and ethical norms, in jokes and rich lore. As time marched on, computer [security](security.md) has started to become an important topic and some media started to use the word *hacker* for someone breaking into a computer system and so the word gained a negative connotation in the mainstream -- though many refused to accept this new meaning and rather used the word *[cracker](cracker.md)* for a "malicious hacker", there appeared new variants such as *white hat* and *black hat* hacker, referring to ethical and malicious hackers. With onset of online [games](game.md) the word *hacking* even became a synonym for [cheating](cheating.md). The original positive meaning has recently seen some comeback with popularity of sites such as [hacker news](hacker_news.md) or hackaday, the word *life hack* has even found its way into the non-computer mainstream dictionary, however a "[modern](modern.md) hacker" is a bit different from the oldschool hacker, usually for the worse (for example a modern self proclaimed "hacker" has no issue with wearing a [suit](suit.md), something that would be despised by an oldschool hacker). We, [LRS](lrs.md), advocate for using the original, oldschool meaning of the word *hacker*.
## Original Hacker Culture
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## See Also
- [zen](zen.md)
- [demoscene](demoscene.md)
- [cracking](cracking.md)
- [databending](databending.md)
- [oldfag](oldfag.md)
- [boomer](boomer.md)
- [boomer](boomer.md)