hacker

nouns

someone who plays golf poorly
hacker
is a type of (narrower)
someone who plays the game of golf
golf player, golfer, linksman
a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism
cyber-terrorist, cyberpunk, hacker
a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm
"true hackers subscribe to a code of ethics and look down upon crackers"
hacker
is derived from
hack
is a type of (narrower)
a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs
coder, computer programmer, programmer, software engineer
one who works hard at boring tasks
drudge, hack, hacker