biscuit, hard wheat cookie; one who breaks in; computer hacker, one who breaks into computer systems through illegal methods (Computers); firecracker; attractive girl, "babe"
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Cracker Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The pintail duck.
The pintail duck.
(n.)
One who, or that which, cracks.
One who, or that which, cracks.
(n.)
A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker.
A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker.
(n.)
A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclosed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; -- often called firecracker.
A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclosed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; -- often called firecracker.
(n.)
A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc.
A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc.
(n.)
A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow.
A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow.
(n.)
A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States.
cracker
\crack"er\ (krăk"&etilde;r), n.
1. one who, or that which, cracks.
2. a noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow. [obs.] what cracker is this same that deafs our ears?
3. a small firework, consisting of a little powder inclosed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; -- often called firecracker.
4. a thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a boston cracker; a graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker.
5. a nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the southern united states.
6. (zo?l.) the pintail duck.
7. pl. (mach.) a pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc.
cracker
n
1. a thin crisp wafer made or flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet
2. a poor white person in the southern us [syn: redneck]
3. firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing [syn: firecracker, banger]
4. a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends [syn: snapper, cracker bonbon]
similar words(4)
cannon cracker
cracker bonbon
cracker state
wit-cracker
1. someone who breaks a computer security system; 2. excellent: “They scored a cracker try in the first half”
1. person of marked ability; something exceptionally fine; 2. of marked ability; exceptionally fine
(adj.) insane; crazy
(pl. n.) knackers; testicles
be without money
(something) of little worth
a derogatory term for a white person
housebreaker
Noun
1. a thin crisp wafer made or flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet
(hypernym) bread, breadstuff, staff of life
(hyponym) saltine
2. a poor white person in the southern United States
(synonym) redneck
(hypernym) rustic
3. a programmer who `cracks' (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things; "crackers are often mistakenly called hackers"
(hypernym) programmer, computer programmer, coder, software engineer
4. firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
(synonym) firecracker, banger
(hypernym) firework, pyrotechnic
(hyponym) cannon cracker
(derivation) crack
5. a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends
(synonym) snapper, cracker bonbon
(hypernym) party favor, party favour, favor, favour
(derivation) snap, crack
Cracker Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Cracker Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
n. One who breaks security on a system. Coined ca. 1985 by hackers in defense against journalistic misuse of hacker (q.v., sense 8). An earlier attempt to establish `worm' in this sense around 1981-82 on Usenet was largely a failure.
Use of both these neologisms reflects a strong revulsion against the theft and vandalism perpetrated by cracking rings. While it is expected that any real hacker will have done some playful cracking and knows many of the basic techniques, anyone past larval stage is expected to have outgrown the desire to do so except for immediate, benign, practical reasons (for example, if it's necessary to get around some security in order to get some work done).
Thus, there is far less overlap between hackerdom and crackerdom than the mundane reader misled by sensationalistic journalism might expect. Crackers tend to gather in small, tight-knit, very secretive groups that have little overlap with the huge, open poly-culture this lexicon describes; though crackers often like to describe themselves as hackers, most true hackers consider them a separate and lower form of life.
Ethical considerations aside, hackers figure that anyone who can't imagine a more interesting way to play with their computers than breaking into someone else's has to be pretty losing. Some other reasons crackers are looked down on are discussed in the entries on cracking and phreaking. See also samurai, dark-side hacker, and hacker ethic. For a portrait of the typical teenage cracker, see warez d00dz.
A malicious person who breaks the security of computer systems in order to steal or destroy information.
A cracker is an individual who attempts to access computer systems without authorization. These individuals are often malicious, as opposed to hackers, and have many means at their disposal for breaking into a system. See also: hacker, Computer Emergency Response Team, Trojan Horse, virus, worm.
A person who attempts to break into a network or computer system,often with the intent to steal material or perform malicious destruction of files or in some cases try to exploit weaknesses in system security.See hacker,second definition.
Someone who attempts to thwart computer security systems.
Cracker Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Cracker may refer to:
- Cracker (food), a type of biscuit, usually salted or savory
- Cracker (mountain), a mountain peak in Glacier National Park, Montana
- Cracker (benchmark), its benchmark summit
- Christmas cracker, traditional British Christmas toy or decoration which gives a loud 'crack' when opened
- Atlanta Crackers, an American baseball team from Atlanta, Georgia
- Cracker (pejorative), a slang, sometimes abusive term for a Southern white person
- Florida cracker, a Florida native descended from early pioneer settlers
- Georgia cracker, a Georgia native descended from early pioneer settlers
- Hamadryas (butterfly), a genus of brush-footed butterflies commonly called the Crackers, Calicoes, or Clicks
- Equipment for cracking (chemistry), which breaks down complex organic molecules into simpler molecules
- Sacramental bread in the form of a wafer
- Cracker, a short length of twisted twine or string attached to the end of a whip to produce a cracking sound
- Firecracker, a small explosive device primarily designed to produce a loud noise
- A person who performs safe-cracking
- Atlanta Black Crackers, a professional baseball team which played in the Negro League
- Operation Crackers, a British Commando raid during the Second World War
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Cracker Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n) Originally a term from Reconstruction time (1870) to mean southern men. Now it means white bigot, from whip-cracker or slavedriver. "Got a little problem with the redneck cracker" -- Ice Cube (The Predator).
(n) Originally a term from Reconstruction time (1870) to mean southern men. Now it means white bigot, from whip-cracker or slavedriver. "Got a little problem with the redneck cracker" -- Ice Cube (The Predator).
