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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(computing) That can be hacked or broken into; insecure, vulnerable..
The robotic vacuum cleaner proved to be hackable, so we reprogrammed two of them to race each other.
Hey, watch it! I'll be the first to admit that RSTS is old, generally ugly, and very stupid about lots of things, but it IS hackable. UNIX is equally, if not more, ugly, stupid, etc., and is also hackable. The difference is that in order to get UNIX to do ANYTHING even REMOTELY USEFUL it MUST be hacked. Of course, if you like case significance and an operating system designed around the same mindless philosophy, go ahead and use stock UNIX. For now, on PDP-11s, I'll stick to hacking RSTS.
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Hackable means (computing) That can be hacked or broken into; insecure, vulnerable..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include unhackable.
The robotic vacuum cleaner proved to be hackable, so we reprogrammed two of them to race each other.
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