# The Word "Hacker" is missunderstood

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**Created:** [June 17, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-word-hacker-is-missunderstood/151720 "2005-06-17T15:46:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jolly\_Fat\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@Jolly\_Fat\_Man](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jolly_Fat_Man)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-word-hacker-is-missunderstood/151720/1 "2005-06-17T15:46:27Z")

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Well!  
Nothing to do so I decided to say what the word “Hacker” meant!

Hacker means in plain terms; in reality, and not the media sense; “Hacker=Extreme Expert”… In anything, not just computers!

And the meaning of hacker that the media say really is “Cracker”, dont go for biscuit its the more the literal sense of it, he who cracks or breaks something…

And geek is someone that puts a LOT of his/her time into any said activity…

Just thought it might be a good thing to clear that up! In case any1 doesnt know…