Hacker/cracker (Score 1)

The meanings for the words Hacker, and Cracker do seem to have changed over the years. I used to call myself a cracker because I cracked the copy protection on various programs. This required a great deal of programming skill, and a thorough understanding of the operating system, and some hardware.

I also did alot of coding, and never tried to hack into anything.

Of course, this was 10+ years ago.. The word doesn't mean anything, its the respect associated with the word that means something..