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  Hacker culture From Zetpeak, the free blog Jump to navigation Jump to search For the book, see  Hacker Culture . Not to be confused with  Security hacker . The  hacker culture  is a  subculture  of individuals who enjoy the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming the limitations of  software systems  to achieve novel and clever outcomes. [1]  The act of engaging in activities (such as programming or other media [2] ) in a spirit of playfulness and exploration is termed "hacking." However, the defining characteristic of a  hacker  is not the activities performed themselves (e.g.  programming ), but how it is done [3]  and whether it is exciting and meaningful. [2]  Activities of playful cleverness can be said to have "hack value" and therefore the term "hacks" came about, [3]  with early examples including  pranks at MIT  done by students to demonstrate their technical aptitude and clevern...

  Computer network A  computer network  is a set of  computers  sharing resources located on or provided by  network nodes . The computers use common  communication protocols  over  digital   interconnections  to communicate with each other. These interconnections are made up of  telecommunication network  technologies, based on physically wired, optical, and wireless radio-frequency methods that may be arranged in a variety of  network topologies . The nodes of a computer network may include  personal computers ,  servers ,  networking hardware , or other specialised or general-purpose  hosts . They are identified by  network addresses , and may have  hostnames . Hostnames serve as memorable labels for the nodes, rarely changed after initial assignment. Network addresses serve for locating and identifying the nodes by communication protocols such as the  Internet Protocol . Computer...