Cracking
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Cracking may refer to:
- Cracking, the formation of a fracture or partial fracture in a solid material
- Performing a sternotomy
- Fluid catalytic cracking, a catalytic process widely used in oil refineries for cracking large hydrocarbon molecules into smaller molecules
- Cracking (chemistry), the decomposition of complex organic molecules into smaller ones
- Cracking joints, the practice of manipulating one's bone joints to make a sharp sound
- Cracking codes, see cryptanalysis
- Whip cracking
- Safe cracking
- Crackin', band featuring Lester Abrams
In computing:
- Another name for security hacking; the practice of defeating computer security.
- Password cracking, the process of discovering the plaintext of an encrypted computer password.
- Software cracking, the defeating of software copy protection.
See also[edit]
- Crack (disambiguation)
- Cracker (disambiguation)
- Cracklings (solid material remaining after rendering fat)
- Cracker (pejorative)
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