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What is exactly a cracker?

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erikiksaz

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Not cracker as in racial slur, but something else? Is there any other meaning behind this word? It's just kinda funny cus somebody just text messaged my friend and called him a cracker (and he's asian). 😕
 
I believe a cracker is a person who doesn't know much about computers, but just runs scripts written by others to try and mess up computer systems. Used in conjunction with the term "script kiddie". I think anyways.

dfi
 
Originally posted by: dfi
I believe a cracker is a person who doesn't know much about computers, but just runs scripts written by others to try and mess up computer systems. Used in conjunction with the term "script kiddie". I think anyways.

dfi
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Mostly, but also a cracker is someone who is out to hack not for knowledge, but to mess something up.
 
Hacker: Someone who tries to break into systems to see if it is possible, and notifies the sysadm afterwards.

Cracker: Someone who tries to break into systems to steal and/or destroy, to open backdoors into the system, etc.

Scriptkiddie: Someone who'd like to be a Cracker, but is too f*cking stupid and therefor just uses scripts and tools he/she downloaded to break into systems.

RIAA: Assholes who break into systems looking for evidence to f*ck someone with, and if they don't find it do not notify the sysadm of their illegal entry either.
 
cracker

\Crack"er\ (kr[a^]k"[~e]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? --Shak.

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. --Bartlett.

6. (Zo["o]l.) The pintail duck.

7. pl. (Mach.) A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc. --Knight.
 
Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1
Hacker: Someone who tries to break into systems to see if it is possible, and notifies the sysadm afterwards.

Cracker: Someone who tries to break into systems to steal and/or destroy, to open backdoors into the system, etc.

Scriptkiddie: Someone who'd like to be a Cracker, but is too f*cking stupid and therefor just uses scripts and tools he/she downloaded to break into systems.

RIAA: Assholes who break into systems looking for evidence to f*ck someone with, and if they don't find it do not notify the sysadm of their illegal entry either.
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Nice. 😎

 
Originally posted by: Roger
cracker

\Crack"er\ (kr[a^]k"[~e]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? --Shak.

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. --Bartlett.

6. (Zo["o]l.) The pintail duck.

7. pl. (Mach.) A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc. --Knight.
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Number 7 -
That's probably what he meant.

 
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