"white hat" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-white hat.ogg 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. (computing, 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, Computing, 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: 19 79 2 Disambiguation of People: 0 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 89 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 90 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 93 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 94 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 4 91 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 90 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 4 92 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 4 93 4 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'well-meaning hacker': 0 100 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

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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