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Hacking is the practice of illegally gaining access to a computer or network. The term hacking is also used to describe the art of opening up a piece of electronics and modifying it. Some people argue that illegal hackers should be called crackers. This opinion is not widely held. There are white hat hackers that legally test corporate security.

Many hackers justify their hacking by saying that information should be free or that they are finding holes, thus strengthen computer security by bringing these holes to the attention of system administrators. And since this is not the forum for debate I will not comment on those justifications.

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Hacking is gaining access to a computer by unconventional uses.

Black Hat Hacking is gaining unauthorized access to computers you do not own.

White Hat Hacking is legal hacking also known as ethical hacking where someone is paid to find weaknesses in a network and fix them.

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It actually means this. Cut with rough blows.

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The term computer hacker is defined as a person with mastery of troubleshooting computer issues. That has changed into someone that gains control over a computer system unlawfully.

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