What is a hacker?

The word "hacker" is the phonetic translation of the English word "hacker," which refers to computer enthusiasts who specialize in researching and discovering vulnerabilities in computers and networks. Hackers first began in the 1950s, with the earliest computers appearing at the University of Pennsylvania in 1946 and the earliest hackers appearing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), generally high-level technicians who are keen on challenges, admire freedom and advocate for the **** enjoyment of information. Generally speaking, hackers have a fanatical interest in computers and obsessive spirit, they are constantly researching computer and network knowledge, discovering the loopholes in computers and networks, like to challenge difficult network systems and find the loopholes in them, and then propose to the administrators to solve and repair the loopholes, their appearance has pushed forward the development and improvement of computers and networks. But today, the term hacker has been used for those who specialize in the use of computers to carry out malicious damage or criminal pronouns, the correct name for these people should be cracker, some people also translated into "hacker", it is because of the emergence of these people so that people will hacker and hacker mixed into one.