Hack

Look up Hack, hack, hacked, or hacking in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Hack may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Computing

• Hack (computer science), an inelegant but effective solution to a computing problem
• Hack (computer security), to gain unauthorized access to computers and computer networks
• Hack (programming language), a programming language developed by Meta
• HACK (tag), a tag in a programming-language comment warning about a workaround
• Hack computer, a virtual computer described in the textbook The Elements of Computing Systems
• Hack (typeface), an open-source typeface designed for source code editing
• Domain hack, a domain name that suggests a word, phrase, or name

Animals

• Hack (falconry), training method for young falcons
• Hack (horse), an animal used for pleasure riding, as well as the verb form (hacking, to hack) for the activity

Sports

• Hack, a piece of equipment used for traction in the sport of curling
• Hack, a goal in a game of hacky sack, or the footbag circle kicking game
• Hack squat, a variant of the squat exercise

Transport

• Hack, a motorcycle with a sidecar attached
• Hack, an illegal taxicab operation
• Hackney carriage, a London cab also known as a hack
• Station hack or squadron hack, a utility aircraft assigned to an air station or squadron

Other uses

• Hack (masonry), a row of stacked unfired bricks protected from the rain
• Hack (name), a surname, given name and nickname
• Hack Circle, an amphitheatre in Christchurch, New Zealand, also known as Hack
• Hack writer or hack, a writer or journalist who produces low-quality articles or books
• Eduard Hackel (standard author abbreviation: Hack.) (1850–1926), Austrian botanist
• Life hack, productivity techniques used by programmers to solve everyday problems
• MIT hack, a clever, benign, and ethical prank or practical joke at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Political hack, a person who devotes him/herself to party-political machinations
• Backslash, also known as hack
• Hack watch, a mechanical watch that can have the second hand stopped by pulling the crown out

See also

• Hacker (disambiguation)
• Hacking (disambiguation)
• Hacks (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing Hack

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