hackee
hackee noun: the chickaree or red squirrel.
Noun (1)
hackee (plural hackees)
- The chickaree or red squirrel.
- The Hackee is one of the liveliest and briskest of quadrupeds, and by reason of its quick and rapid movements, has not inaptly been compared to the wren.1865, John George Wood, The illustrated natural history: Volume 1, page 600
- The hackee, which is pedimanous, tried to climb the bole.1894, Mary Mapes Dodge, St. Nicholas: Volume 21, Part 1
- The chipmunk.
Noun (2)
hackee (plural hackees)
- The victim of a hacking attack; one whose computer system has been compromised.
- On the other hand, the absence of identifying marks such as online or offline names and information is crucial when hacking, because the goal is to be unnoticed, not real, nonexistent from the point of view of the other (i.e., the hackee).1998, Annette N. Markham, Life Online: Researching Real Experience in Virtual Space, page 185
- Fortunately for the "hackee" company, its computer security professionals found "electronic fingerprints" left by the other firm's personnel during the hacker attack, which led, in turn, to the discovery of the stolen e-mail.2003, Michael Chris Knapp, E-commerce: Real Issues and Cases, page 220
Forms of hackee
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Origin of hackee
From its chittering cry when alarmed.
From hack + -ee.
Questions about hackee
- What does hackee mean?
- Hackee means the chickaree or red squirrel.
- What part of speech is hackee?
- Hackee is a noun.
- What is the plural of hackee?
- The plural of hackee is hackees.
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