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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>whacker</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../W.html" title="W"/><link rel="previous" href="whack-a-mole.html" title="whack-a-mole"/><link rel="next" href="whales.html" title="whales"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">whacker</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="whack-a-mole.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">W</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="whales.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="whacker"/><dt xmlns="" id="whacker"><b>whacker</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [University of Maryland: from <a href="../H/hacker.html"><i class="glossterm">hacker</i></a>] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. A person, similar to a <a href="../H/hacker.html"><i class="glossterm">hacker</i></a>, who enjoys
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exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their
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capabilities. Whereas a hacker tends to produce great hacks, a whacker
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only ends up whacking the system or program in question. Whackers are
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often quite egotistical and eager to claim <a href="wizard.html"><i class="glossterm">wizard</i></a>
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status, regardless of the views of their peers. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. A person who is good at programming quickly, though rather poorly
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