Cracker

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The word cracker can refer to:

Terms

• Cracker (computing), a person who engages in illegal system cracking or software cracking, circumventing computer security systems; also known as a black hat hacker. The term is often used by Richard Stallman in a broader sense.
• Cracker (food), a thin, crisp, edible wafer, usually salty rather than sweet (also called "biscuit")
• Christmas cracker
• A short length of twisted twine or string attached to the end of a whip (because of the cracking noise it produces)

Slang/colloquialism

• Someone who smokes or sells crack cocaine
• A colloquial abbreviation for firecracker
• Slang for an attractive girl
• A white cracker, a slang term for a white person, usually considered pejorative

Names/designation

• Cracker (band), a rock music band
• Cracker (comic), a British children's comic
• The television crime drama series Cracker (British television)
• Cracker (U.S. television), the U.S. remake of the British television series

See also

• Crack (disambiguation)
• Cracking (chemistry), a chemical process in which large molecules are broken up into simpler, smaller ones
• Crackers (1984 film), starring Sean Penn
• Crackers (1998 film), Australian comedy
• Firecracker

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