The sound of the keyboard typing away and the clicking of the mouse throughout the night has become a normal occurrence in pretty much every American household. Staying up until 3 or 4 in the morning, regardless of what night of the week it is and knowing work starts at 9AM is a characteristic of many computer users today. Since the invention of the computer, life has somewhat become much easier for humans. People are now able to communicate with others from all over the world, not even ever having to meet them face to face. Computers have become a necessity for home users as well as businesses today. It has affected various aspects of our daily life and has advanced society towards the future. Students can’t do papers nowadays without a computer. Not like it was before, either using a typewriter or handwriting papers. Although all computers are basically the same, hardware and software wise, people are known for using the computer for different purposes. Some use their computers for communication and others for a source of entertainment.
The hacker spends most of their time trying to break into someone else’s computer for either good or bad reasons. The word hacker is synonymous with internet crimes, but most people overlook the fact that they are highly intelligent individuals with a vast knowledge of computers. They spend their time trying to break through security systems of various networks connected to the internet. There was a movie made a couple years ago called Hackers, which told of the many exploits of hackers in high school. These people stay up for hours looking for codes and passwords for various systems on the Internet in the hopes of obtaining some valuable information. There are also many websites dedicated to this past time which educates the general public as well as new hackers to the game. Hackers know how the computers operate and are usually very familiar with programming languages, so they can create their own programs to break...