"white hat" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-white hat.ogg [Australia] Forms: white hats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} white hat (plural white hats)
  1. A good person; a hero. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-white_hat-en-noun-ORjZd3n6
  2. (compting, computer security, slang) A well-meaning hacker who hacks for a good cause or to aid a company, organization, or government without causing harm (for example, to identify security flaws). Tags: idiomatic, slang Categories (topical): Computer security, Occupations, People Translations (well-meaning hacker): هَاكِر (hākir) [masculine] (Arabic), 白帽黑客 (báimào hēikè) (Chinese Mandarin), tietoturvahenkilö (Finnish), het wen [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-white_hat-en-noun-I29bAeNE Disambiguation of Occupations: 18 80 2 Disambiguation of People: 0 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 93 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 93 2 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 93 2 Disambiguation of 'well-meaning hacker': 4 96 0
  3. (slang) A sailor. Tags: idiomatic, slang
    Sense id: en-white_hat-en-noun-Z5jKEcCS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: black hat, gray hat

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