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Crack or cracking means "to break or snap apart". It also may mean:
Chemical reaction
- Cracking (chemistry), the decomposition of complex organic molecules into smaller ones.
- Crack cocaine, a crudely freebased form of cocaine.
Computing
- Cryptanalysis. "Cracking codes" can be a slang term for codebreaking.
- Password cracking, the process of discovering the plaintext of an encrypted computer password.
- Security cracking, the defeating of security devices in computer networks,the process of gaining unauthorized access to a computer system (typically carried out by a black-hat hacker). Cracking can be defined as the act of entering a computer or computer network by force, whereas hacking does so by manipulation.
- Software cracking, the defeating of software copy protection.
Economics
- The value difference between a crude oil & oil products (usually per barrel) or different oil products, for instance a mogas crack - the difference between mogas & crude oil.
Anatomy and physiology
- Gluteal cleft. Crack is sometimes a vulgarism for this separation between the buttocks.
- Cracking knuckles
- Vocal crack, a sharp change in vocal characteristics.
Homonyms and acronyms
- Craic, a word used in Ireland, meaning fun.
- CRACK, an acronym for Children Requiring A Caring Kommunity. This program, based in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, pays drug users money to be sterilized and is now named Project Prevention.
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