hack Význam & definícia

Význam hack v slovenčine

• 0 to cut into pieces in a rough and violent way, often without aiming exactly:

  • Three villagers were hacked to death in a savage attack.

  • The butcher hacked off a large chunk of meat.

  • UK figurative The article had been hacked about (= carelessly changed) so much that it was scarcely recognizable.

  • He was twice hacked down in the second half by the other team's sweeper.

• 1 to get into someone else's computer system without permission in order to find out information or do something illegal:

  • Computer hacking has become widespread over the last decade.

  • A programmer had managed to hack into some top-secret government data.

  • He claimed they had spied on him and tried to hack his computer.

  • Police told the actor that his phone had been hacked.

• 2 to manage to deal successfully with something:

  • I tried working on the night shift for a while, but I just couldn't hack it.

• 3 to ride a horse for pleasure

• 4 a journalist (= writer for newspapers or magazines) whose work is low in quality or does not have much imagination:

  • Fleet Street hacks

• 5 a politician, especially one who is not important:

  • tired old party hacks

• 6 a ride on a horse in the countryside

• 7 (the driver of) a car that is available for rent, especially a taxi

• 8 a good solution or piece of advice:

  • Here are 50 life hacks that will change your life for the better.

• 9 to cut something or someone with rough or uneven movements:

  • [ T ] We hacked a path through the underbrush.

  • [ I ] He hacked away at the logs, splitting enough wood for a fire.

• 10 to access someone else’s computer system without permission in order to obtain or change information:

  • Someone managed to hack into the company database.

• 11 a person who willingly works or acts mostly for money or other rewards without worrying about independence, beliefs, or reputation:

  • a political/party hack

• 12 to use a computer to access information stored on another computer system without permission, or to spread a computer virus:

  • hack into sth Two employees were charged with hacking into the company's computer system and changing data.

  • Studies have revealed that it's fairly easy to hack an electronic voting system.

• 13 a writer, especially a journalist, who produces articles, books, etc. that are of low quality:

  • a media/newspaper hack

• 14 someone who works mainly for money without worrying about beliefs or the opinions of others:

  • a political/party hack

• 15 a person who drives a taxi

• 16 an act of using a computer to access information stored on another computer system without permission, or to spread a computer virus :

  • A hack into an employee's email provided access to a number of confidential documents.