Cracker

Cracker

An unauthorised person who breaks into a computer system to access protected data or to wreck operations. Also, to illegally break the copy protection or data encryption used on commercial software. Probably derived from "break in" or "break down", but may be perversely related to 'wild' (crackers) or 'crazy' (cracked) and to 'extreme' or 'unusual' (cracking). See hacker, phreak, script kiddie, turist, software, virus.

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