Hacker culture

The hacker culture is the voluntary subculture which first developed in the 1960s among hackers working on early minicomputers in academic computer science environments. After 1969 it fused with the technical culture of the pioneers of the Internet, after 1980 with the culture of Unix, and after 1987 with elements of the early microcomputer hobbyists. Since the mid-1990s the hacker culture has been almost coincident with what is now called the open source movement.

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Voluntary subculture - 1960s - Hacker - Minicomputer - Computer science - 1969 - Internet - 1980 - Unix - 1987 - Microcomputer - 1990s - Open source movement

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There is another subculture that refers to itself as the hacker culture. It is found in what is often referred to as the computer underground. There are many overlaps in ideas and members, however this article is exclusively about the non-underground hacker culture. Members of this culture have a tendency to look down and disassociate from the overlaps in the two cultures. Many refer to people in the other culture as or black hat hackers. Neither of those terms are much used or taken seriously outside of the influence of this hacker culture and by some members of the computer security industry. The underground hacker culture tends not to distinguish between the two cultures as harshly, instead realizing that they have much in common including many members, political and social ideologies, and a love of learning about technology. The article that follows is written purely about the disassociated hacker culture.

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Black hat - Computer security

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