Hacking

Hacking

Hacking may refer to:
* A form of the verb hack
* Computer security hacking where someone attempts to defeat or exploit the security capabilities of a computer system.
* A casual form of horse-riding, see Equestrianism.
* Hacking (taxicab), the illegal use of a personal vehicle to provide a taxicab service
* The act of joke thievery
* The name of a specific Erbherrschaft (hereditary Lordship)
* Raising a bird of prey in an artificial nest
* A term used to describe an illegal method in football where a player will 'hack' at the feet of the other player
* A feature of a mechanical watch that stops the second hand while the watch is being set.
* When someone tries to unlock a computer's code

ee also

* Hack
* Hacker


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  • Hacking — bezeichnet Hacking (Wien), Wiener Stadtteil Henry Hacking (1750?–1831), Seemann und Entdecker Ian Hacking (* 1936), kanadischer Wissenschaftstheoretiker und Sprachphilosoph die Tätigkeit eines Hackers (auch hacken) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • hacking — HÁCKING m. Spărgător de reţele computerizate pe bază de date şi informaţii secrete. /cuv. engl. Trimis de siveco, 22.08.2004. Sursa: NODEX  HÁCKING HÉCHING/ s. n. spargere de reţele pe bază de date şi informaţii secrete. (< engl. hacking)… …   Dicționar Român

  • hacking — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 7}}[wym. haking]{{/stl 7}}{{stl 17}}ZOB. {{/stl 17}}{{stl 7}}haking {{/stl 7}} …   Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień

  • Hacking — Le hacking, notamment celui touchant à l informatique, est une pratique visant à un échange « discret » d information en fouillant ou bidouillant. Cette pratique établie par les hackers, portion de la population démocratisée en 1983 par …   Wikipédia en Français

  • hacking — 1. adjective Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky. A hacking cough. A hacking laugh. A hacking breath. A hacking cry.<!all four listed at Google Books 2. noun a) Unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information… …   Wiktionary

  • hacking — hack hack 1 [hæk] also hack into verb [transitive] COMPUTING to secretly reach information on someone else s computer system so that you can look at, use, or change it: • The police are investigating a series of computer crimes involving people… …   Financial and business terms

  • Hacking — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is locational from a place thus called in the Parish of Blackburn, Lancashire. The placename was originally recorded with the definite article, and the name may represent an Olde English pre… …   Surnames reference

  • hacking — [[t]hæ̱kɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n A hacking cough is a dry, painful cough with a harsh, unpleasant sound. → See also hack The quiet was broken by Astley s hacking cough …   English dictionary

  • Hacking — Hack Hack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hacked} (h[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hacking}.] [OE. hakken, AS. haccian; akin to D. hakken, G. hacken, Dan. hakke, Sw. hacka, and perh. to E. hew. Cf. {Hew} to cut, {Haggle}.] 1. To cut irregulary, without skill or …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hacking — adj. Hacking is used with these nouns: ↑cough …   Collocations dictionary

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