# Hacking

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**Hacking** may refer to:

## Places

- Hacking, an area within [Hietzing](/source/Hietzing), Vienna, Austria

## People

- [David Hacking, 3rd Baron Hacking](/source/David_Hacking,_3rd_Baron_Hacking) (born 1938), British barrister and peer
- [Douglas Hacking, 1st Baron Hacking](/source/Douglas_Hacking,_1st_Baron_Hacking) (1884–1950), British Conservative politician
- [Ian Hacking](/source/Ian_Hacking) (1936–2023), Canadian philosopher of science
- [Philip Hacking](/source/Philip_Hacking) (1931–2024), English Anglican priest, and itinerant evangelical speaker

## Sports

- [Hacking (falconry)](/source/Hacking_(falconry)), the practice of raising falcons in captivity then later releasing into the wild
- [Hacking (rugby)](/source/Hacking_(rugby)), tripping an opposing player
- [Pleasure riding](/source/Pleasure_riding), horseback riding for purely recreational purposes, also called hacking
- [Shin-kicking](/source/Shin-kicking), an English martial art also called hacking

## Technology

- [Hacker](/source/Hacker), a computer expert with advanced technical knowledge - [Hacker culture](/source/Hacker_culture), activity within the computer programmer subculture
- [Security hacker](/source/Security_hacker), someone who breaches defenses in a computer system - [Cybercrime](/source/Cybercrime), which involves security hacking
- [Phone hacking](/source/Phone_hacking), gaining unauthorized access to phones
- [ROM hacking](/source/ROM_hacking), the process of modifying a video game's program image

## Other uses

- [Roof and tunnel hacking](/source/Roof_and_tunnel_hacking), unauthorized exploration of roof and utility tunnel spaces

## See also

- [Hack (disambiguation)](/source/Hack_(disambiguation))
- [Hacker (disambiguation)](/source/Hacker_(disambiguation))
- [Hacks (disambiguation)](/source/Hacks_(disambiguation))
- [List of hacker groups](/source/List_of_hacker_groups)

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