Hacking may refer to:

Places

* Hacking, an area within Hietzing, Vienna, Austria

People

* Douglas Hewitt Hacking, 1st Baron Hacking (1884–1950), British Conservative politician *

Ian Hacking Ian MacDougall Hacking (born February 18, 1936) is a Canadian philosopher specializing in the philosophy of science. Throughout his career, he has won numerous awards, such as the Killam Prize for the Humanities and the Balzan Prize, and been ...

(born 1936), Canadian philosopher of science *

David Hacking, 3rd Baron Hacking David Hacking, 3rd Baron Hacking (born 17 April 1938), is a British arbitrator, barrister and hereditary peer. Education and military career He was educated at Aldro preparatory school, Charterhouse and Clare College, Cambridge, from where h ...

(born 1938), British barrister and peer

Sports

* Hacking (falconry), the practice of raising falcons in captivity then later releasing into the wild * Hacking (rugby), tripping an opposing player * Pleasure riding, horseback riding for purely recreational purposes, also called hacking * Shin-kicking, an English martial art also called hacking

Technology

* Hacker, a computer expert with advanced technical knowledge ** Hacker culture, activity within the computer programmer subculture *

Security hacker A security hacker is someone who explores methods for breaching defenses and exploiting weaknesses in a computer system or network. Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, such as profit, protest, information gathering, challenge ...

, someone who breaches defenses in a computer system ** Cybercrime, which involves security hacking * Phone hacking, gaining unauthorized access to phones * ROM hacking, the process of modifying a video game's program image

Other uses

* Roof and tunnel hacking, unauthorized exploration of roof and utility tunnel spaces

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