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hackerdom

hackerdom noun: the realm or sphere of computer hackers.

Noun

hackerdom (uncountable)

  1. The realm or sphere of computer hackers.
    • REM says that "somebody" should castigate the media for using "hacker" when they mean "cracker". That "somebody", gentle reader, is you, baby, nobody but you. If you don't do it, nobody else will. You, and you, and you, and you and, of course, you. Write a letter to the T.V. station or the local...1983 November 2, Ian, “Re: Hackers victim of Newspeak (HUMAN-NETS Digest V6 #64)”, in fa.human-nets (Usenet), retrieved 15 Dec 2016, message-ID <696@brl-bmd.UUCP>
    • In a personal post on Medium, Laird said he hoped the ouster would help educate others about systemic sexism in hackerdom, exacerbated by a tendency toward rule-breaking, distrust of legal authorities in reporting transgressions, and some excessive scenesterism: “There's been a lot of looking the...2019, Joseph Menn, Cult of the Dead Cow, →ISBN

Origin of hackerdom

From hacker + -dom.

Questions about hackerdom

What does hackerdom mean?
Hackerdom means the realm or sphere of computer hackers.
What part of speech is hackerdom?
Hackerdom is a noun.

Words near hackerdom in the dictionary

  1. hackeneyed
  2. Hackensack
  3. Hackenthorpe
  4. hacker
  5. hackerazzi
  6. hackerdom
  7. hackered
  8. hackeries
  9. hackering
  10. hackerish
  11. hackerism

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