to defeat the copy protection that is intended to prevent somebody from illegally copying and distributing a software product, music CD, or DVD
to gain unauthorized access to a computer system with the intention of doing damage or committing a crime
Wiktionary Definition for: Crack
A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
Ex: ''A large '''crack''' had formed in the roadway.''
A narrow opening.
Ex: ''We managed to squeeze through a '''crack''' in the rock wall.''
When forming an opening, a small amount.
Ex: ''Open the door a '''crack'''.''
''(onomatopoetic):'' The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
Ex: ''The '''crack''' of the falling branch could be heard for miles.''
''(onomatopoetic):'' Any sharp sound.
Ex: ''The '''crack''' of the bat hitting the ball.''
A sharply humorous comment; a wise-crack.
Ex: ''I didn't appreciate that '''crack''' about my hairstyle.''
(''vulgar'') The space between the buttocks. (Also referred to as UK: bum crack, US: ass crack.)
Ex: ''Pull up your pants! Your '''crack''' is showing.''
(''Scots language'') word for conviviality (good conversation, chat, gossip, or humourous storytelling also good company) common in lowland Scotland and Ulster.
Ex: ''the '''crack'''crack was guid.''
Ex: ''thon was guid '''crack'''.''
Ex: ''he/she is quare good '''crack'''.''
Ex: ''The party was great '''crack'''.''
Ex:(In the last few decades the word crack has been adopted into Gaelic, as there is no "k" in the Irish language the speling ''craic'' has been devised. The meaning has also been changed with the emphasis on fun and having a good time rather than enjoyable conversation.)
(Geordie) Business/events
Ex:''What's the crack?''
computing : Any program designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software. See also: ''cracker'' a person who commits computer crimes.
(''slang'', also crack cocaine): A potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
Ex:''I wouldn't use it, if I was going to use it I can afford real cocaine. '''Crack''' is wack.'' - w:Whitney Houston Whitney Houston.
A Cumbrian (and elsewhere throughout the North of the United Kingdom) term for 'a meaningful chat.'
The elite of a certain group.
Ex:''He ordered in a '''crack''' squad.''
(''vulgar slang'') vagina.
Ex: ''I'm so horny even the crack of dawn '''crack''' of dawn isn't safe!'' - In this example a play on words, in which the term for first daylight is used, as if it was referring to the vagina of a woman named Dawn.
colloquial : An opportunity to attempt something.
Ex:''I'd like to take a '''crack'' at that game.
To form cracks.
Ex: ''It's been so dry, the ground is starting to '''crack'''.''
To break apart under pressure.
Ex: ''When I tried to stand on the chair, it '''cracked'''.''
To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
Ex: ''Anyone would '''crack''' after being hounded like that.''
To yield under interrogation.
Ex: ''When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he '''cracked'''.''
To make a cracking sound.
Ex: ''The bat '''cracked''' with authority and the ball went for six.''
(''of a voice'') To change rapidly in register.
Ex: ''His voice '''cracked''' with emotion.''
(''of a pubescent boy's voice'') To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
Ex: ''His voice finally '''cracked''' when he was fourteen.''
To make a sharply humorous comment.
Ex: ''"I would too, with a face like that," she '''cracked'''.''
computing : To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
Ex: ''That software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can '''crack''' it.''
To break open by strong pressure.
Ex: ''You'll need a hammer to '''crack''' a black walnut.''
To open slightly.
Ex: ''Could you please '''crack''' the window?''
To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
Ex: ''They managed to '''crack''' him on the third day.''
To solve a difficult problem.
Ex: ''I've finally '''cracked''' it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight.''
To cause to make a sharp sound.
(''colloquial'') To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
Ex: ''I'd love to '''crack''' open a beer''.
To tell (a joke)
Highly trained and competent.
Ex: ''Even a '''crack''' team of investigators would have trouble solving this case.''
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