Meaning of hackerish | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Resembling or characteristic of a hacker (technically skilled computer enthusiast).
   informal
2. Resembling or characteristic of a hacker (malicious user who breaks into computer systems).
   informal

Examples

“The hackerish look of dot-matrix fonts on screens and printers has partially prevented full acceptance of computers as tools for a literate public.”

“Jones is an engineer, and presented the engineering approach as the more hackerish, the more ad hoc of the two: Solve the problem no matter what.”

“There is a rich, hackerish tradition in the computer world of making any new computer or video game system emulate those that came before it.”

“Facebook’s unencumbered, efficient, agile, hackerish style is to make everything seem ‘easy’ – and when you need, in one of Zuckerberg’s favourite phrases, to ‘move fast and break things’, you just shrug.”

“...requires users to disclose new and useful information on computer and network security or other hackerish subjects to be admitted to the privileged areas of the system.”

“To find a hacker chat room, look for rooms with names like #2600, #phreak, #carding, #cracks, #anarchy, or any other phrase that sounds hackerish.”

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