hacker (antedating Tech Model Railroad Club of MIT - TMRC Dictionary 1959) (Should be checked in original document)

[Victor Steinbok]

  A bit of a follow-up--you want definitions? We got definitions!!

http://tech.mit.edu/V119/N5/hack.5f.html

     VS-)

On 7/28/2010 7:56 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>  MIT has long had a particular "hacker" subculture that predates any
> computer usage. The computer-related term may or may not have been
> derived from it (one would imagine MIT had access to early computers
> and was responsible for a large share of early hacks--or, at least, a
> large number of free-lancing hackers attended MIT at some point in
> their hacking careers). This is the reason for the 1959-60 association
> with MIT (including an appearance in The Tech).
> ...

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