Hack
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Hack has a number of meanings, some related:
- Hack is a slang term in technology culture which has a number of meanings depending on context, including a joke, a programming exploit, or a commercial software break-in.
- A hack writer, is a writer for hire, paid to express others' thoughts and opinions. In British English, it also refers to Journalists of dubious talent.
- In politics, a party hack is a derogatory term for an unscrupulous individual of questionable competency, who's political position comes by virtue of a devout party loyalty.
- A horse, especially an old and tired one, used for driving or riding; sometimes one such for hire.
- A hack is slang for a taxicab, or by derivation the driver thereof (from a shortened form of hackney carriage).
- Hack, a roguelike computer game (ASCII graphics)
- Hack, a CD by Information Society
- Hack, the Triple J current affairs radio program
- Hack, a television series on CBS
- Roof and tunnel hacking is a form of urban exploration, mostly at educational institutions.
- Hack can also refer to the goal of the game hacky sack.
- A hack is a piece of equipment in curling. See curling.
- Project .hack, a multimedia franchise.
- A clam hack, a small spading fork with a short, bent handle used to harvest clams.
- Shelley Hack is an actress who played one of Charlie's Angels on the late-1970s and early-1980s TV series.