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名詞

megahack (複数形 megahacks)

1. A writer who is very much a hack.
   • 1999, Joe Queenan, Red Lobster, White Trash, & the Blue Lagoon^[1], ISBN 0786884088:

     And at the end of Journey, megahack James A. Michener saw fit to include an epilogue entitled “Reflections,” a masterpiece of self-delusion.

2. (computing) A massive hack of a computer system.
   • 2015 July 10, Graeme Virtue, “Friday’s best TV”, The Guardian:

     The megahack is widely considered to have been initiated by North Korea, upset at the portrayal of Kim Jong-un in Sony’s then-imminent comedy The Interview.

3. (falconry) A large-scale hack, or facility for releasing juvenile raptors.
   • 1987, The Eyas: A Newsletter from the National Wildlife Federation's Rapor Information Center^[2]:

     As for our current bald eagle restoration plan, hacking continued during 1986 with the release of 16 eagles at our megahack facility near Albany.