white hat
[ hwahyt hat, wahyt ]
/ ˈʰwaɪt ˈhæt, ˈwaɪt /
noun Informal.
a virtuous hero, especially in a cowboy movie; good guy.
Digital Technology.
a hacker who violates the security of a system with the knowledge and consent of the owner or developer in order to test the code, without malicious intent.
Compare
black hat.
OTHER WORDS FROM white hat
white-hat, white-hat·ted, adjectiveWords nearby white hat
white gold,
white goods,
white guilt,
white gum,
white hake,
white hat,
white heat,
white hole,
white hope,
white horse,
white house
Example sentences from the Web for white hat
I casually looked round, and saw "White-hat" wink at-an officer, and point significantly to my handkerchief.
And so saying, he of the white-hat and jeans coat stepped forward to the bar, and placed a couple of dollars upon the counter.
The Quadroon |Mayne Reid
British Dictionary definitions for white hat
white hat
noun
informal
- a computer hacker who is hired by an organization to undertake nonmalicious hacking work in order to discover computer-security flaws
- (as modifier)a white-hat hacker Compare black hat