<jargon> (Analogous to "pissed off") Said of system
administrators who have become annoyed, upset, or touchy
owing to suspicions that their sites have been or are going to
be victimised by crackers, or used for inappropriate,
technically illegal, or even overtly criminal activities. For
example, having unreadable files in your home directory called
"worm", "lockpick", or "goroot" would probably be an effective
(as well as impressively obvious and stupid) way to get your
sysadmin hacked off at you.
[Jargon File]
(1996-08-26)
Nearby terms:
hack « hackathon « hack attack « hacked off » hacked up » hacker » hacker ethic
