hacking

4 definitions • 6 examples

A hacking cough is loud and sounds painful:

He is constantly puffing on cigarettes and has a hacking cough.

the activity of getting into someone else's computer system without permission in order to find out information or do something illegal:

Companies installing broadband were worried that such an open and permanent link to the internet would make them more vulnerable to hacking.

hacking attack The FBI is probing the biggest ever hacking attack on the internet.

the activity of riding on a horse in the countryside for pleasure:

go hacking I go hacking on the Heath trail first thing every morning.

Most horses are used today for pleasure riding, for example hacking and pulling traps.

the activity of using a computer to access information stored on another computer system without permission, or to spread a computer virus:

Hacking is now much more sophisticated and harder to detect than a few years ago.