| Le terme "hacker" dérive du verbe "to hack" [...]
| "découper par des coups répétés ; irréguliers ou maladroits", en gros "tailler à la hache". On n'est pas vraiment dans la méritocratie ni dans le travail de qualité
Comme je l'ai écrit à l'origine c'était ça :
| se frayer un chemin rapide (à la hache/machette/serpe) vers la solution d'un problème (sens étymologique premier du hacking)
Mais le terme hacker a pas mal évolué depuis les années 60...
Si vous regardez le Jargon file de l'époque (celle des LISP hackers du MIT AI Lab), republié par la suite en Hacker's Dictionary, c'était ça :
| HACK n. 1. Originally a quick job that produces what is needed, but not well. 2. The result of that job. 3. NEAT HACK: A clever technique. Also, a brilliant practical joke, where neatness is correlated with cleverness, harmlessness, and surprise value. Example: the Caltech Rose Bowl card display switch circa 1961. 4. REAL HACK: A crock (occasionally affectionate). v. 5. With "together", to throw something together so it will work. 6. To bear emotionally or physically. "I can't hack this heat!" 7. To work on something (typically a program). In specific sense: "What are you doing?" "I'm hacking TECO." In general sense: "What do you do around here?" "I hack TECO." (The former is time-immediate, the latter time-extended.) More generally, "I hack x" is roughly equivalent to "x is my bag". "I hack solid-state physics." 8. To pull a prank on. See definition 3 and HACKER (def #6). 9. v.i. To waste time (as opposed to TOOL). "Watcha up to?" "Oh, just hacking." 10. HACK UP (ON): To hack, but generally implies that the result is meanings 1-2. 11. HACK VALUE: Term used as the reason or motivation for expending effort toward a seemingly useless goal, the point being that the accomplished goal is a hack. For example, MacLISP has code to read and print roman numerals, which was installed purely for hack value. HAPPY HACKING: A farewell. HOW'S HACKING?: A friendly greeting among hackers. HACK HACK: A somewhat pointless but friendly comment, often used as a temporary farewell. [The word HACK doesn't really have 69 different meanings. In fact, HACK has only one meaning, an extremely subtle and profound one which defies articulation. Which connotation a given HACK-token has depends in similarly profound ways on the context. Similar comments apply to a couple other hacker jargon items, most notably RANDOM. - Agre]
| HACKER [originally, someone who makes furniture with an axe] n. 1. A person who enjoys learning the details of programming systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary. 2. One who programs enthusiastically, or who enjoys programming rather than just theorizing about programming. 3. A person capable of appreciating hack value (q.v.). 4. A person who is good at programming quickly. Not everything a hacker produces is a hack. 5. An expert at a particular program, or one who frequently does work using it or on it; example: "A SAIL hacker". (Definitions 1 to 5 are correlated, and people who fit them congregate.) 6. A malicious or inquisitive meddler who tries to discover information by poking around. Hence "password hacker", "network hacker".
Dès l'origine on distinguait donc le hack (la bidouille vite faite) du hacker élitiste.
Et ensuite, au début des années 1990, les sens associés se sont précisés dans la direction que j'indiquais. Ainsi la définition donnée dans le New Hacker's Dictionary, dont je donnais les liens dans mon post originel, mentionnait :
| 1. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary. RFC1392, the Internet Users' Glossary, usefully amplifies this as: A person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular.
| 8. [deprecated] A malicious meddler who tries to discover sensitive information by poking around. Hence password hacker, network hacker. The correct term for this sense is cracker.
| It is better to be described as a hacker by others than to describe oneself that way. Hackers consider themselves something of an elite (a meritocracy based on ability), though one to which new members are gladly welcome. There is thus a certain ego satisfaction to be had in identifying yourself as a hacker (but if you claim to be one and are not, you'll quickly be labeled bogus). See also geek, wannabee.
Vous pourrez retrouver tout ça dans l'histoire du Jargon file et des Hacker's Dictionary, dans la RFC mentionnée ci-dessus, ou tout particulièrement dans la FAQ How to become a hacker.
Cette dernière a d'ailleurs une intéressante section intitulée "Historical Note: Hacking, Open Source, and Free Software" qui résonne particulièrement avec l'objet du sondage...
[^] # Re: Sens noble du hacking & proximité certaine avec le logiciel libre
Posté par HubTou (site web personnel) . En réponse au sondage Le hacking et vous. Évalué à 2.
| Le terme "hacker" dérive du verbe "to hack" [...]
| "découper par des coups répétés ; irréguliers ou maladroits", en gros "tailler à la hache". On n'est pas vraiment dans la méritocratie ni dans le travail de qualité
Comme je l'ai écrit à l'origine c'était ça :
| se frayer un chemin rapide (à la hache/machette/serpe) vers la solution d'un problème (sens étymologique premier du hacking)
Mais le terme hacker a pas mal évolué depuis les années 60...
Si vous regardez le Jargon file de l'époque (celle des LISP hackers du MIT AI Lab), republié par la suite en Hacker's Dictionary, c'était ça :
| HACK n. 1. Originally a quick job that produces what is needed, but not well. 2. The result of that job. 3. NEAT HACK: A clever technique. Also, a brilliant practical joke, where neatness is correlated with cleverness, harmlessness, and surprise value. Example: the Caltech Rose Bowl card display switch circa 1961. 4. REAL HACK: A crock (occasionally affectionate). v. 5. With "together", to throw something together so it will work. 6. To bear emotionally or physically. "I can't hack this heat!" 7. To work on something (typically a program). In specific sense: "What are you doing?" "I'm hacking TECO." In general sense: "What do you do around here?" "I hack TECO." (The former is time-immediate, the latter time-extended.) More generally, "I hack x" is roughly equivalent to "x is my bag". "I hack solid-state physics." 8. To pull a prank on. See definition 3 and HACKER (def #6). 9. v.i. To waste time (as opposed to TOOL). "Watcha up to?" "Oh, just hacking." 10. HACK UP (ON): To hack, but generally implies that the result is meanings 1-2. 11. HACK VALUE: Term used as the reason or motivation for expending effort toward a seemingly useless goal, the point being that the accomplished goal is a hack. For example, MacLISP has code to read and print roman numerals, which was installed purely for hack value. HAPPY HACKING: A farewell. HOW'S HACKING?: A friendly greeting among hackers. HACK HACK: A somewhat pointless but friendly comment, often used as a temporary farewell. [The word HACK doesn't really have 69 different meanings. In fact, HACK has only one meaning, an extremely subtle and profound one which defies articulation. Which connotation a given HACK-token has depends in similarly profound ways on the context. Similar comments apply to a couple other hacker jargon items, most notably RANDOM. - Agre]
| HACKER [originally, someone who makes furniture with an axe] n. 1. A person who enjoys learning the details of programming systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary. 2. One who programs enthusiastically, or who enjoys programming rather than just theorizing about programming. 3. A person capable of appreciating hack value (q.v.). 4. A person who is good at programming quickly. Not everything a hacker produces is a hack. 5. An expert at a particular program, or one who frequently does work using it or on it; example: "A SAIL hacker". (Definitions 1 to 5 are correlated, and people who fit them congregate.) 6. A malicious or inquisitive meddler who tries to discover information by poking around. Hence "password hacker", "network hacker".
Dès l'origine on distinguait donc le hack (la bidouille vite faite) du hacker élitiste.
Et ensuite, au début des années 1990, les sens associés se sont précisés dans la direction que j'indiquais. Ainsi la définition donnée dans le New Hacker's Dictionary, dont je donnais les liens dans mon post originel, mentionnait :
| 1. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary. RFC1392, the Internet Users' Glossary, usefully amplifies this as: A person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular.
| 8. [deprecated] A malicious meddler who tries to discover sensitive information by poking around. Hence password hacker, network hacker. The correct term for this sense is cracker.
| It is better to be described as a hacker by others than to describe oneself that way. Hackers consider themselves something of an elite (a meritocracy based on ability), though one to which new members are gladly welcome. There is thus a certain ego satisfaction to be had in identifying yourself as a hacker (but if you claim to be one and are not, you'll quickly be labeled bogus). See also geek, wannabee.
Vous pourrez retrouver tout ça dans l'histoire du Jargon file et des Hacker's Dictionary, dans la RFC mentionnée ci-dessus, ou tout particulièrement dans la FAQ How to become a hacker.
Cette dernière a d'ailleurs une intéressante section intitulée "Historical Note: Hacking, Open Source, and Free Software" qui résonne particulièrement avec l'objet du sondage...