Hacker
It’s so easy on social networking sites to find names like Dark Hacker, Wild Hacker, Baby Hacker etc. Every one without being concerned about the knowledge of word hacker is using it; maybe they want to show that they are admirable. I made a search on facebook with the word “hacker” and the list of people I got was never ending. In this era of technology, youth is overusing this word to show their expertise on the other hand media is using this word to refer to computer criminals. Thanks to mainstream press, the word “hacker” has got a new meaning which is quite offensive for real hackers to accept. Before beginning with the actual meaning of hacker let me clear that a hacker is not a computer terrorist, pirate or some kind of a thief. Understanding Hackers A hacker is a person who does things in a professionally perfect manner, the manner in which it is not supposed to be done or a manner which is not conventional. An example by Elf Qrin (provided in his essay “Hacker Being”) wil...