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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

ハッカー

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hakkā

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Hacker/ˈhæk.ər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"そのハッカーはセキュリティの脆弱性を突いた。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who uses computers to gain unauthorized access to data or systems.

    "The bank's security team managed to stop the hacker before any data was stolen."
  2. 2

    An enthusiastic programmer who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and extending their capabilities.

    "She is a civic hacker who builds open-source tools for local government transparency."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb hack, which originated at MIT in the late 1950s to describe clever, playful programming solutions. Over decades, its meaning shifted from a talented computer enthusiast to someone who exploits security vulnerabilities in computer systems.

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