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| | # {{transitive|slang|computing}} To [[hack into]]; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code; to [[crack]]. | | # {{transitive|slang|computing}} To [[hack into]]; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code; to [[crack]]. |
| | # {{transitive|slang|computing}} By extension, to gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation). | | # {{transitive|slang|computing}} By extension, to gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation). |
| − | #: ''When I checked my Facebook, I discovered I'd been '''hacked'''.'' | + | #: ''When I logged into the social network, I discovered I'd been '''hacked'''.'' |
| | # {{computing}} To accomplish a difficult programming task. | | # {{computing}} To accomplish a difficult programming task. |
| | #: ''He can '''hack''' like no one else and make the program work as expected.'' | | #: ''He can '''hack''' like no one else and make the program work as expected.'' |