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WHAT DOES HACK MEAN?

There are several meanings of hack in the world of science and technology from a clever or quick fix to a computer issue to a clumsy or inelegant solution to an issue, from a modification of program or a device to give access to unavailable features to an act of illegally breaking into a computer also called as cracking.

THE HISTORY OF HACKING

In the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, hack is described as a quick, elaborate and/or lodged solution that their students devised for a technical problem used with the hacker who is the one who discovers the hack. The word comes from a German word meaning “a person who makes furniture with an axe”. It even meant anything that was fun as well as clever. The students at the MIT associated with the Tech Model Railroad Club applied this slang to computer programming. However, it was firstly used by the US university center staff in the 1960s.

 In modern computer programs, a hack means a solution to a problem functioning correctly but is ugly in its concept and works outside the rules and regulations of the environment or is not easily extendable or maintainable.

Similarly, a hack refers to a work outside computer programming eg. A math hack means a clever solution to a problem. For the Palm OS users, hack means an extension of the operating system providing add- on functions and features.

It is also used by electronically hobbyists for referring to simple modifications of electronic hardware.

Companies take different level of actions towards such behavior from open acceptance e.g. the Texas Instruments for its calculators and Lego for its robotics gear to hostility e.g. The Microsoft’s attempt to lock out Xbox hackers or DRM routines on Blu-Ray Disc players to sabotage players.

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