Untitled Essay, Research Paper

A hacker is a person obsessed with computers.

At the heart of the obsession is a drive master the

computer. The classic hacker was simply a

compulsive programmer. It is only recently that the

term hacker became associated with the computerized

vandalism.

Great description of Hackers:

Bright young men of disheveled apperance,Often with

sunken, glowing eyes.Seen sitting at computer

consoles, their arms tense and waitingTo fire their

fingers which are already posed to strike at the

buttons and keys on which their attention seems to

dice.They work until they nearly drop,twenty or

thirty hours at a time if possible.They sleep on

cots near the computer,but only a few hours-then

back to the console, or printouts.Their crumpled

clothes, their unwashed, unsheven faces, and

uncombed hair, testify that they are oblivious to

their bodies and to the word in which they move.

They exist, at least when so gaged, only through

and for the computers.

The majority of hackers are mostly young men,

often teenagers who have found within the computer

world, something into which they can mold their

desires.

Another definition

-a person totally engrossed in computer

programming and computer technology. In the

1980s, with the advent of personal computers

and dial-up computer networks, hacker

acquired a pejorative connotation, often

referring to someone who secretively invades

others’ computers, inspecting or tampering

with the programs or data stored on them.

(More accurately, though, such a person would

be called a “cracker.”) Hacker also means

someone who, beyond mere programming, likes

to take apart operating systems and programs

to see what makes them tick.