Note the term 'hardly existed,' and not 'did not exist at all.' Yes, hackers existed, but the blanket term (in the popular consciousness) for using it to descri

Note the term 'hardly existed,' and not 'did not exist at all.' Yes, hackers existed, but the blanket term (in the popular consciousness) for using it to describe the specific subculture of computer hackers developed slowly in the 80's and 90's