Hacking (Fallout 4)

Hacking is a gameplay mechanic used to gain access to terminals in Fallout 4.

Gameplay
A list of words will be presented, all of the same character lengths, interposed with random characters. One of the words is the correct password, and the goal is to guess it by clicking on it. Terminal hacking ability is determined by the Hacker perk and one's Intelligence, with terminal locks being of the Novice, Advanced, Expert, or Master tiers.

If incorrect, the terminal will display "x/y correct" where x is the number of correct letters, and y is the word length. There will be four attempts to select the correct password, at which point the player character will be locked out for 10 seconds.

Symbols
Several words and symbols are displayed on the locked terminal, with word length dependent on the terminal's tier. Finding complete bracket sets (e.g. "<...>", "[...]") on one row will (at random) either remove incorrect words or reset the number of tries.