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Byron Howes  
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 More options Sep 13 1983, 9:56 pm
Newsgroups: net.flame
From: b...@unc.UUCP (Byron Howes )
Date: Tue, 13-Sep-83 21:56:12 EDT
Local: Tues, Sep 13 1983 9:56 pm
Subject: Re: Use of the Word "Hacker"
It seems the term "hacker" is getting into the public usage, but with
a different connotation than we (programmers) give it.  Both in News-
week a couple of weeks ago and again on CBS News this evening, the
term "hacker" was used to refer specifically to individuals, mostly
antisocial teenagers, who spend their time deliberately breaking into
computer systems.  I suspect that will become the "official" meaning
as soon as someone gets around to including it in a dictionary.
Ain't it wunnerful to watch your very own language grow?

                                        Byron Howes
                                        UNC - Chapel Hill
                                        duke!unc!bch


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