Hackerish

Quick meaning: Hackerish is an adjective meaning (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a hacker (technically skilled computer enthusiast).

Meaning

(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a hacker (technically skilled computer enthusiast).

More Meanings

1. (computing, informal) Resembling or characteristic of a hacker (malicious user who breaks into computer systems).

Example Sentences

There is a rich, hackerish tradition in the computer world of making any new computer or video game system emulate those that came before it.

Jones is an engineer, and presented the engineering approach as the more hackerish, the more ad hoc of the two: Solve the problem no matter what.

To find a hacker chat room, look for rooms with names like #2600, #phreak, #carding, #cracks, #anarchy, or any other phrase that sounds hackerish.

The hackerish look of dot-matrix fonts on screens and printers has partially prevented full acceptance of computers as tools for a literate public.

Related Words

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