Hack

Hack

Hack may refer to:

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Computers and technology

  • Hack (computer security) to break into computers and computer networks
  • Hack (computer science), an inelegant but effective solution to a computing problem
  • Hack (programmer subculture), participation in a computer programmer subculture
  • Hack (hobby), heavy modification of the software or hardware of one's own computer system
  • Life hack, productivity techniques used by programmers to solve everyday problems
  • What the Hack, a hacker conference held in Liempde, The Netherlands
  • ROM hacking, the process of modifying a video game's program image
  • MIT hack, a clever, benign, and ethical prank or practical joke at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Sports

  • Hack (falconry), training method for young falcons
  • Hack (horse), an animal used for pleasure riding, as well as the verb form (hacking, to hack) for the activity
  • Hack, a piece of equipment used for traction in the sport of curling
  • Hack, a goal in a game of Hacky Sack, or the footbag circle kicking game
  • Hack squat, a variant of the squat exercise, named after Georg Hackenschmidt

Places

  • Hack Circle, an amphitheatre in Christchurch, New Zealand

Games

People

  • Dave Hack (born 1972), Canadian Football League offensive lineman
  • Dorothy Weisel Hack (1910–1963), American amateurtennis player
  • Edward Hack (1913–1987), English cricketer
  • Franz Hack (1917–1978)
  • Hack Eibel (1893–1945), Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Hack Miller (1894–1971), professional outfielder baseball player
  • Hack Schumann (1884–1946), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Hack Simmons (1885–1942), Major League Baseball player
  • Hack Simpson (1909–1978), Canadian Olympic ice hockey player
  • Hack Spencer (1885–1969), Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Hack Wilson (1900–1948), Baseball Hall of Famer
  • Hermann Josef Hack (born 1956), German artist
  • Jefferson Hack (born 1971), journalist and magazine editor
  • John Barton Hack (1805–1884), settler in South Australia
  • Margherita Hack (born 1922), Italian astrophysicist
  • Maria Hack (1777–1844), English writer
  • Olivia Hack (born 1983), American voice actress
  • Petra Hack (born 1970), German model
  • Richard Hack (born 1951), American writer
  • Sabine Hack (born 1969), German tennis player
  • Shelley Hack (born 1947), American supermodel and actress
  • Stan Hack (1909–1979), American third baseman and manager

Mass media

Other uses

  • Hack writer, a writer who is paid to write low-quality, quickly put-together articles or books
  • Hack (comedy), a joke, or premise for a joke, that is considered obvious, frequently used, and/or stolen.
  • Hack (masonry), a row of stacked unfired bricks protected from the rain
  • Roof and tunnel hacking, unauthorized exploration of roof and utility tunnel spaces
  • Political hack, a person who devotes him/herself to party-political machinations

See also

  • Hacks (disambiguation)
  • Hacker (disambiguation)
  • Hacking (disambiguation)

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  • hack n — hack v …   English expressions

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