Hacking


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Hacking may refer to:

Places

  • Hacking (Vienna), an area within Hietzing, Vienna, Austria

People

  • Ian Hacking (born 1936), Canadian philosopher of science

Sports

  • Hacking (falconry), the practice of raising falcons in captivity then later releasing into the wild
  • Hacking (rugby), tripping an opposing player
  • Pleasure riding, horseback riding for purely recreational purposes, also called hacking
  • Shin-kicking, an English martial art also called hacking

Technology

  • Hacker, a computer expert with advanced technical knowledge
    • Hacker culture, activity within the computer programmer subculture
  • Security hacker, someone who breaches defenses in a computer system
  • Phone hacking, gaining unauthorized access to phones
  • ROM hacking, the process of modifying a video game's program image

Other uses

See also

  • Hack (disambiguation)
  • Hacker (disambiguation)
  • Hacks (disambiguation)
  • List of hacker groups
  • All pages with titles containing Hacking

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