ALL meanings of cracker
crack·er
C c - countable noun cracker A cracker is a thin, crisp biscuit which is often eaten with cheese. 3
- countable noun cracker If you say that someone or something is a cracker, you like and admire them very much. 3
- countable noun cracker A cracker is a hollow cardboard tube covered with coloured paper. Crackers make a loud noise when they are pulled apart and usually contain a small toy and a paper hat. In Britain they are used mainly at Christmas. 3
- adjective cracker If you say that someone is crackers, you think they are crazy or are behaving as if they are crazy. 3
- noun cracker a decorated cardboard tube that emits a bang when pulled apart, releasing a toy, a joke, or a paper hat 3
- noun cracker a thin crisp biscuit, usually unsweetened 3
- noun cracker a person or thing that cracks 3
- noun cracker a thing or person of notable qualities or abilities 3
- noun cracker a person or device that cracks 3
- noun cracker a firecracker 3
- noun cracker a little paper roll used as a favor at parties: it contains a trinket or candy, and bursts with a popping noise when the ends are pulled 3
- noun cracker a thin, crisp wafer or biscuit 3
- noun cracker poor white 3
- noun cracker a person born or living in Florida or Georgia 3
- noun Technical meaning of cracker (jargon) An individual who attempts to gain unauthorised access to a computer system. These individuals are often malicious and have many means at their disposal for breaking into a system. The term was coined ca. 1985 by hackers in defence against journalistic misuse of "hacker". 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. The neologism "cracker" in this sense may have been influenced not so much by the term "safe-cracker" as by the non-jargon term "cracker", which in Middle English meant an obnoxious person (e.g., "What cracker is this same that deafs our ears / With this abundance of superfluous breath?" -- Shakespeare's King John, Act II, Scene I) and in modern colloquial American English survives as a barely gentler synonym for "white trash". 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 practical reasons (for example, if it's necessary to get around some security in order to get some work done). Contrary to widespread myth, cracking does not usually involve some mysterious leap of hackerly brilliance, but rather persistence and the dogged repetition of a handful of fairly well-known tricks that exploit common weaknesses in the security of target systems. Accordingly, most crackers are only mediocre hackers. 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 hacker poly-culture; though crackers often like to describe *themselves* as hackers, most true hackers consider them a separate and lower form of life, little better than virus writers. 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. See also Computer Emergency Response Team, dark-side hacker, hacker ethic, phreaking, samurai, Trojan horse. 1
- noun cracker food: dry biscuit 1
- noun cracker Christmas cracker 1
- noun cracker computing: hacker 1
- noun cracker poor white person 1
- noun cracker white person 1
- noun cracker sth excellent 1
- abbreviation CRACKER crazy 1
- noun cracker The term cracker is used as a neutral nickname by inhabitants of Georgia and Florida; it is a positive term of self-reference. But when the nickname is used by outsiders, it is usually with disparaging intent and perceived as insulting by Georgians and Floridians. Cracker is always disparaging and offensive when used to refer to a poor white person in the South; the word in this sense often implies that the person is regarded as ignorant or uneducated. When used by black people, cracker can refer to a Southern white racist, not necessarily poor or rural. See also Cracker State. 1
- noun cracker a break without complete separation of parts; fissure. 1
- noun cracker a slight opening, as between boards in a floor or wall, or between a door and its doorpost. 1
- noun cracker a sudden, sharp noise, as of something breaking. 1
- noun cracker the snap of or as of a whip. 1
- noun cracker a resounding blow: He received a terrific crack on the head when the branch fell. 1
- noun cracker Informal. a witty or cutting remark; wisecrack. 1
- noun cracker a break or change in the flow or tone of the voice. 1
- noun cracker Informal. opportunity; chance; try: Give him first crack at the new job. 1
- noun cracker a flaw or defect. 1
- noun cracker Also called rock. Slang. pellet-size pieces of highly purified cocaine, prepared with other ingredients for smoking, and known to be especially potent and addicting. 1
- noun cracker Masonry. check1 (def 41). 1
- noun cracker a mental defect or deficiency. 1
- noun cracker a shot, as with a rifle: At the first crack, the deer fell. 1
- noun cracker a moment; instant: He was on his feet again in a crack. 1
- noun cracker Slang. a burglary, especially an instance of housebreaking. 1
- noun cracker Chiefly British. a person or thing that excels in some respect. 1
- noun cracker Slang: Vulgar. the vulva. 1
- noun cracker Chiefly Scot. conversation; chat. 1
- noun cracker British Dialect. boasting; braggadocio. 1
- noun cracker Archaic. a burglar. 1
- adjective cracker first-rate; excellent: a crack shot. 1
- verb without object cracker to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable. 1
- verb without object cracker to break with a sudden, sharp sound: The branch cracked under the weight of the snow. 1
- verb without object cracker to make a sudden, sharp sound in or as if in breaking; snap: The whip cracked. 1
- verb without object cracker (of the voice) to break abruptly and discordantly, especially into an upper register, as because of weariness or emotion. 1
- verb without object cracker to fail; give way: His confidence cracked under the strain. 1
- verb without object cracker to succumb or break down, especially under severe psychological pressure, torture, or the like: They questioned him steadily for 24 hours before he finally cracked. 1