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hacker
(I) Someone with a strong interest in computers, who enjoys
learning about them and experimenting with them. (See: cracker.)
(C) The recommended definition is the original meaning of the term
(circa 1960), which then had a neutral or positive connotation of
"someone who figures things out and makes something cool
happen". Today, the term is frequently misused, especially by
journalists, to have the pejorative meaning of cracker.
