1. Someone who tries to obtain unauthorized access to a computer, network or data
   "The company hired ethical hackers to test their cybersecurity"
    
2. [informal] A skilled programmer or computing expert
   "true hackers subscribe to a code of ethics and look down upon crackers"
    
3. [informal] One who works hard at boring tasks
   "The computer hacker spent hours debugging the code";
   - hack, drudge
    
4. Someone who plays golf poorly
   "Despite years of practice, he remained a hacker on the golf course"

Derived forms: hackers

Type of: coder, computer programmer, dev [informal], developer, golf player, golfer, programer [US], programmer, software developer, software engineer, unskilled person

Encyclopedia: Hacker, Eric