English words often evoke more than one meaning or connotation — and the term hacking presents several that apply to an important upcoming community event.
An online dictionary defines hacking as: The gaining of unauthorized access to data in a system or computer; and as, cutting with rough or heavy blows; and also as, managing or coping.
When applied to Arizona State University’s seventh-annual event — called Hacks for Humanity: Hacking for the Social Good — all of the above registers as the correct answer.
