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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

hacking

Attempting (with or without success) to gain unauthorised access to a computer system. This may be the unauthorised use of a computer or simply unauthorised access to particular programs or data stored on a computer.

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