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Hacking may refer to:

Places

• Hacking, an area within Hietzing, Vienna, Austria

People

• Douglas Hewitt Hacking, 1st Baron Hacking (1884–1950), British Conservative politician
• Ian Hacking (1936–2023), Canadian philosopher of science
• David Hacking, 3rd Baron Hacking (born 1938), British barrister and peer

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
• All pages with titles containing Hacking