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The '''Hacker Emblem''' was first proposed in October 2003 by ], who claimed a need for a unifying and recognizable symbol for his perception of ]. This does not refer to the ], but to the hacker culture around ], ], ], ], ], etc.; that is, the community around ] and ].


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Raymond suggests that "by using this emblem, you express sympathy with hackers' goals, hackers' values, and the hacker way of living".<ref></ref>

The image itself is a representation of a ] formation in ].

Hackers also associate and represent themselves with ]s from notable free and open source projects such as the ]'s "Gnu" or more commonly the ]'s "]". The "]" from the ] '']'' is also commonly associated with Hackers, Internet culture, and free and open source communities due to the strip's coverage of those topics.
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It is widely believed that this particular symbol came into popularity with the invention of the Game of Life, by John Conway, as this particular configuration will transfer itself in a gliding fashion across the board.

== Other representations ==
Other means to display the image have evolved, mostly relying on ]. Examples include:

|_|0|_| 0 1 0 . o .
|_|_|0| 0 0 1 . . o
|0|0|0| 1 1 1 o o o

And even 010001111

=== Minimal ASCII representation ===

On February 12, 2008, the minimal ASCII representation was incorporated into Raymond's list of canonical representations:<ref>{{cite web
|last=Raymond
|first=Eric
|authorlink=Eric S. Raymond
|coauthors=Peter Danenberg, Laurent A. Vandenaweele
|title=Re: Hacker Emblem
|date=2008-02-12
|url=http://danenberg.name/hacker-emblem
|accessdate=2008-02-13}}</ref>

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..:</pre>

=== Minimal UTF-8 representation ===
{{SpecialChars}}
] characters present in the ] charset can also be used to produce a single-line representation:

'''<big><pre>⠠⠵</pre></big>'''

== See also ==
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* Contains more information on the Hacker Emblem proposal, including ] and ] sources and ]s.
* A document explaining the hacker culture.

{{Conway's Game of Life}}

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