- Computer programming, Electronic digital computers, Programming, Computer hackers
Today, technology is cool. Owning the most powerful computer, the latest high-tech gadget, and the whizziest website is a status symbol on a par with having a flashy car or a designer suit. And a media obsessed with the digital explosion has reappropriated the term "computer nerd" so that it's practically synonymous with "entrepreneur." Yet, a mere fifteen years ago, wireheads hooked on tweaking endless lines of code were seen as marginal weirdos, outsiders whose world would never resonate with the mainstream. That was before one pioneering work documented the underground computer revolution that was about to change our world forever. With groundbreaking profiles of Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak, MIT's Tech Model Railroad Club, and more, Steven Levy's Hackers brilliantly captures a seminal moment when the risk takers and explorers were poised to conquer twentieth-century America's last great frontier. And in the Internet age, "the hacker ethic" -- first espoused here -- is alive and well. - Back cover.
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- Author
- Steven Levy
- First published
- 1984
- Pages
- 456
- Publisher
- Dell Pub., ODTÜ Yayıncılık, Tandem Library
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- tur, English
- ISBN
- 9780613922081
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An American author and journalist who writes on computers and related issues (<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Levy>Wikipedia</a>).
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