different between hacking vs hacktivism

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hæk??/

Etymology 1

From Middle English *hackynge, hackande, hakand, equivalent to hack +? -ing.

Adjective

hacking (comparative more hacking, superlative most hacking)

1. Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.

   A hacking cough. A hacking laugh. A hacking breath. A hacking cry.

Usage notes

Most non-creative collocations are the phrases given as examples.

Derived terms

• hacking cough
• hackingly

Translations

Verb

hacking

1. present participle of hack

Etymology 2

From Middle English hackynge, hakkynge, hacckinge, equivalent to hack +? -ing.

Noun

hacking (usually uncountable, plural hackings)

1. (computing) Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.
2. (computing) Unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network. See also cracker.
3. (pathology) A dry coughing; the emission of a succession of short coughs.
4. (sports, chiefly American football, soccer, rugby) A kick in the shins.
5. (massage) The act of striking the muscles with the side of the hand.
6. (Britain, countable) A riding or journey on horseback.
7. (obsolete) The operation of working over the faces of rough or worn grindstones with a hack-hammer.
8. (obsolete, masonry) The separation of a course of stones into two smaller courses, when there are not enough large stones to form a single course.
9. (obsolete, gem-cutting) The cuts and grooves made in the metal laps by holding the cutting edge of a steel blade against them while in motion, for the purpose of providing receptacles or pockets for the powders using in cutting and polishing gems.
10. (obsolete, brick-making) The piling of bricks for drying.

Derived terms

• hacking coat, hacking jacket, hacking-seat
• hacking run

Translations

See also

• pirate

References

• hacking in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “hacking” in Harrap's Shorter, 2006, p. 416
• “hacking” in Concise English Dictionary, Wordsworth, 2007, p. 405
• “hacking” at Wordnik

Anagrams

• ka-ching, kaching

French

Noun

hacking m (plural hackings)

1. hacking

Spanish

Noun

hacking m (uncountable)

1. (computing) hacking

English

Alternative forms

• hactivism

Etymology

Blend of hack +? activism, a portmanteau coined in 1994 by a member of the Cult of the Dead Cow hacker collective. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

hacktivism (uncountable)

1. (Internet) The practice of promoting a political agenda by hacking, especially by defacing or disabling websites.
   • 2010, Pramod K. Nayar, An Introduction to New Media and Cybercultures, John Wiley & Sons (?ISBN), page 102:

     Hacktivism is a form of activism for social change that appropriates computers and electronic networks for this purpose. Also called electronic civil disobedience, hacktivism is geared to political ends.

   • 2018, Vasileios Karagiannopoulos, Living With Hacktivism, Springer (?ISBN), page viii:

     My aim will be to identify and highlight the potential problems of the existing approach that is followed when dealing with hacktivism and its impact on user rights, protesters, and overall cybersecurity.

Derived terms

• hacktivist
• hacktivistic

Coordinate terms

• artivism
• clicktivism
• cyberactivism

See also

• ecotage

Translations

Further reading

• hacktivism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia