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Hackers vs Hackery - What's the difference?

hackers | hackery |

As nouns the difference between hackers and hackery

is that hackers is while hackery is (obsolete) a two-wheeled cart used in asia or hackery can be (slang|chiefly|pejorative) advocacy of a position when motivated by political allegiance, public relations interests, or for other reasons considered crass compared to personal conviction.

hackers

English

Noun

(head)

    • hackery

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (hackeries)
  • (obsolete) A two-wheeled cart used in Asia.

    • Etymology 2

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    Noun

  • (slang, chiefly, pejorative) Advocacy of a position when motivated by political allegiance, public relations interests, or for other reasons considered crass compared to personal conviction.
  • (slang, computing) The use of hacks (ingenious but inelegant techniques).
  • * 2012 , Seymour Bosworth, ?M. E. Kabay, ?Eric Whyne, Computer Security Handbook (page 57)
    • All without any of the subterfuge and hackery required to do it with Java.