Hacking may refer to:

Places

  • Hacking, an area within Hietzing, Vienna, Austria

People

  • David Hacking, 3rd Baron Hacking (born 1938), British barrister and peer
  • Douglas Hacking, 1st Baron Hacking (1884–1950), British Conservative politician
  • Ian Hacking (1936–2023), Canadian philosopher of science
  • Philip Hacking (1931–2024), English Anglican priest, and itinerant evangelical speaker

Sports

  • Hacking (falconry), the practice of raising falcons in captivity then later releasing into the wild
  • Hacking (rugby), tripping an opposing player
  • Pleasure riding, horseback riding for purely recreational purposes, also called hacking
  • Shin-kicking, an English martial art also called hacking

Technology

  • Hacker, a computer expert with advanced technical knowledge
  • Hacker culture, activity within the computer programmer subculture
  • Security hacker, someone who breaches defenses in a computer system
  • Cybercrime, which involves security hacking
  • Phone hacking, gaining unauthorized access to phones
  • ROM hacking, the process of modifying a video game's program image

Other uses

  • Roof and tunnel hacking, unauthorized exploration of roof and utility tunnel spaces

See also

  • Hack (disambiguation)
  • Hacker (disambiguation)
  • Hacks (disambiguation)
  • List of hacker groups