Hacker

English (en)

Hacker
A hack is an inelegant solution to a
problem. In this sense, a hack gets
the job done but in an inefficient,
un-optimal or ugly way. As a verb, 
hack refers to writing a small 
program or adding code to an 
existing program to solve a 
problem in a hurry. 

A hack used to imply a low-level
programming language, even 
deploying a fix in machine 
language (see patch).