Cracker!

Dec 08, 2005 19:49

I love textbooks. They can be quite entertainingly enlightening now and then...this is an except that really had me laughing.

"The word hacker originally referred to a person with a high level of computer expertise, but now the term usually describes a person who gains access to computer systems illegally. EXPERTS PREFER THE TERM CRACKER FOR PERSONS ENGAGING IN ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES."

I really must celebrate my higher education for informing me of this term. I thought, when in reference to a person rather than a food, it meant something completely different. Ha.
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