vikhoa
27-07-2002, 09:44
Hacker
The word hacker is the most contested of the bunch. Most of the other terms came later, and are attempts to be more explicit about what type of person is being discussed.
Where does the word hacker come from? One of the earlier books on the subject is Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy. You can find his summary of the book here: www.stevenlevy.com/hackers.html
In this book, Mr. Levy traces the origin of the word hacker to the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the 1950s; specifically, its use in the MIT Model Railroad Club. A sample of the book can be read here:
www.usastores.com/gdl/text/hckrs10.txt
This sample includes the portions relevant to this discussion. MIT is generally acknowledged as the origin of the modern use of the word hacker. There are a few folks who claim that the word hacker was also used earlier among folks who experimented with old tube radio sets and amplifiers. The original definition of the word hacker had to do with someone who hacked at wood, especially in reference to making furniture.
For a wide range of definitions, check here:
www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=hacker
Naturally, we’re concerned with the term hacker as it relates to computers.
This version of the word has come into such wide popular use that it has almost entirely eliminated the use of the word hacker for all other purposes.
One of the most popular definitions that hackers themselves prefer to use is from The Jargon File, a hacker-maintained dictionary of hacker terms. The entry for hacker can be found here:
www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/hacker.html
Here’s a section of it, though you’ll want to check it out at least once online, as The Jargon File is extensively hyperlinked, and you could spend a fair amount of time cross-referencing words:
hacker
[originally, someone who makes furniture with an axe]
1. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary.
2. One who programs enthusiastically (even obsessively) or who enjoys programming rather than just theorizing about programming.
3. A person capable of appreciating hack value.
4. A person who is good at programming quickly.
5. An expert at a particular program, or one who frequently does work using it or on it; as in ‘a Unix hacker.’ (Definitions 1 through 5 are correlated, and people who fit them congregate.)
6. An expert or enthusiast of any kind. One might be an astronomy hacker, for example.
7. One who enjoys the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming or circumventing limitations.
8. [deprecated] A malicious meddler who tries to discover sensitive information by poking around. Hence ‘password hacker’, ‘network hacker’. The correct term for this sense is cracker.
Ai rảnh thì dịch ra giùm :) Nhưng nếu "hacker" mà không đọc được bài này thì còn gì là hacker nữa :D
The word hacker is the most contested of the bunch. Most of the other terms came later, and are attempts to be more explicit about what type of person is being discussed.
Where does the word hacker come from? One of the earlier books on the subject is Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy. You can find his summary of the book here: www.stevenlevy.com/hackers.html
In this book, Mr. Levy traces the origin of the word hacker to the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the 1950s; specifically, its use in the MIT Model Railroad Club. A sample of the book can be read here:
www.usastores.com/gdl/text/hckrs10.txt
This sample includes the portions relevant to this discussion. MIT is generally acknowledged as the origin of the modern use of the word hacker. There are a few folks who claim that the word hacker was also used earlier among folks who experimented with old tube radio sets and amplifiers. The original definition of the word hacker had to do with someone who hacked at wood, especially in reference to making furniture.
For a wide range of definitions, check here:
www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=hacker
Naturally, we’re concerned with the term hacker as it relates to computers.
This version of the word has come into such wide popular use that it has almost entirely eliminated the use of the word hacker for all other purposes.
One of the most popular definitions that hackers themselves prefer to use is from The Jargon File, a hacker-maintained dictionary of hacker terms. The entry for hacker can be found here:
www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/hacker.html
Here’s a section of it, though you’ll want to check it out at least once online, as The Jargon File is extensively hyperlinked, and you could spend a fair amount of time cross-referencing words:
hacker
[originally, someone who makes furniture with an axe]
1. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary.
2. One who programs enthusiastically (even obsessively) or who enjoys programming rather than just theorizing about programming.
3. A person capable of appreciating hack value.
4. A person who is good at programming quickly.
5. An expert at a particular program, or one who frequently does work using it or on it; as in ‘a Unix hacker.’ (Definitions 1 through 5 are correlated, and people who fit them congregate.)
6. An expert or enthusiast of any kind. One might be an astronomy hacker, for example.
7. One who enjoys the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming or circumventing limitations.
8. [deprecated] A malicious meddler who tries to discover sensitive information by poking around. Hence ‘password hacker’, ‘network hacker’. The correct term for this sense is cracker.
Ai rảnh thì dịch ra giùm :) Nhưng nếu "hacker" mà không đọc được bài này thì còn gì là hacker nữa :D