Hacker (programmer subculture)

In various subcultures, hacking is a form of subversion or stretching of the capability or purpose of various systems.

The term originated in the computer programmer subculture of 1960s United States academia, in particular around the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT)'s Tech Model Railroad Club (TMRC) and MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.^{[citation needed]} The "hacker" community tends to differentiate themselves from "crackers," people who use hacking skills for malicious or criminal purposes.^[1]

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Hacking [From Wikipedia]

Hacking may refer to:

• Computer hacking, including the following types of activity:
  • Hacker (programmer subculture), activity within the computer programmer subculture
  • Hacker (hobbyist), to heavily modify the software or hardware of one's own computer system
  • Hacker (computer security), to access computer networks, legally or otherwise
  • Computer crime

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