Hacker: In computing, a hacker is any skilled computer expert that uses their technical knowledge to overcome a problem. While " hacker " can refer to any skilled computer programmer, the term has become associated in popular culture with a " security hacker ", someone who, with their technical knowledge, uses bugs or exploits to break into computer systems. Cracker: A cracker is someone who breaks into someone else's computer system, often on a network; bypasses passwords or licenses in computer programs; or in other ways intentionally breaches computer security. A cracker can be doing this for profit, maliciously, for some altruistic purpose or cause, or because the challenge is there. Some breaking-and-entering has been done ostensibly to point out weaknesses in a site's security system.
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