Meaning
To break into a computer system without permission; also to cut something roughly with hard blows.
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Word origin
From Old English haccian, to cut in pieces. The computer meaning grew in the twentieth century from the idea of chopping a problem apart.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- haccian
Grammar
Examples
's .
"Hack into" means to break into a computer system.
.
A very common everyday complaint; someone got in without permission.
axe.
The older meaning; to cut with rough, heavy blows.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 30, lesson 6: hack, invisible, internal and 7 more words.