It is to intervene or modify a mechanism or system to give it a different use for which it was intended. The best known version is that of the 'computer hacker', which is dedicated to "studying and altering programs", and often to "enter networks violating all security systems" to test them and also test their own capability. The verb 'hack' ( pr . jakear ) is an anglilicism taken from hack ( "crumble") , of Germanic origin that came to ancient English as haccian ( "cut into small irregular pieces") . See check .
