The Hacker Purity Test

The Hacker Purity Test

The Hacker Purity Test or Hacker Test is "a compendium of fact and folklore about computer hackerdom cunningly disguised as a test". [http://www.hungry.com/~jamie/hacktest.text] It was written by Felix Lee, John Hayes, and Angela Thomas on June 16, 1989. It explains the typical skills and experiences of a person who considered himself to be a hacker at the time. It is considered to be a purity test by many.

User types

*Illiterate
*Computer user
*Operator
*Nerd
*Hacker (computing), a person with strong tactical computer skills
*Guru
*Wizard

ee also

*Purity test

External links

* [http://www.armory.com/tests/hacker.html Interactive Hacker Test]
* [http://www.hungry.com/~jamie/hacktest.text The Hacker Test as plain text]


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