black hat - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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English

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black hat (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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• Audio (General Australian):	(file)

Etymology 1

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From the black stetsons (cowboy hats) traditionally worn by such villains.

Noun

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black hat (plural black hats)

1. (transitive, idiomatic) A villain in a story, especially in a Western (a film or other work of the Western genre).
2. (computing, computer security, slang) A malicious hacker, one who violates computer security out of malice or for personal gain.

Related terms

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• gray hat
• white hat

Translations

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malicious hacker

• Chinese:
  Mandarin: 黑帽黑客 (hēimào hēikè)
• Polish: black hat (pl) m
• Welsh: het ddu f

See also

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• Black hat (computer security) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

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From the black hats traditionally worn by men in Haredi communities.

Noun

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black hat (plural black hats)

1. A Haredi Jew; a member of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.

See also

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• Haredi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia