This thread. I am resurrecting it!
I went through school as a Computer Science major and the terminology as far as was commonly believed by other CS Majors and still employed by them now that they are now employed in the industry: "Hacking" is generally meaning you're not writing code to be pretty or consistent, but just making it work. Most would consider themselves "hackers" in that they are competent coders with enough understanding of their systems to make hacks possible. "White/Gray/Black Hats" sometimes +" Hacker" are generally what is used to refer to those that break into systems with the color referring to their intentions.
It is possible we're just a weird sampling of computer professionals, but the University of Texas has a large and well respected CS department.
I went through school as a Computer Science major and the terminology as far as was commonly believed by other CS Majors and still employed by them now that they are now employed in the industry: "Hacking" is generally meaning you're not writing code to be pretty or consistent, but just making it work. Most would consider themselves "hackers" in that they are competent coders with enough understanding of their systems to make hacks possible. "White/Gray/Black Hats" sometimes +" Hacker" are generally what is used to refer to those that break into systems with the color referring to their intentions.
It is possible we're just a weird sampling of computer professionals, but the University of Texas has a large and well respected CS department.
