Hacking
# Hacking

Hacking may refer to:

## Places

* Hacking, an area within Hietzing, Vienna, Austria

## People

* Douglas Hewitt Hacking, 1st Baron Hacking (1884–1950), British Conservative politician
* Ian Hacking (1936–2023), Canadian philosopher of science
* David Hacking, 3rd Baron Hacking (born 1938), British barrister and peer

## Sports

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

## Technology

* Hacker, a computer expert with advanced technical knowledge
   * Hacker culture, activity within the computer programmer subculture
* Security hacker, someone who breaches defenses in a computer system
   * Cybercrime, which involves security hacking
* Phone hacking, gaining unauthorized access to phones
* ROM hacking, the process of modifying a video game's program image

## Other uses

* Roof and tunnel hacking, unauthorized exploration of roof and utility tunnel spaces
