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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>crack</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="CPU-Wars.html" title="CPU Wars"/><link rel="next" href="crack-root.html" title="crack root"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">crack</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="CPU-Wars.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="crack-root.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="crack"/><dt xmlns="" id="crack"><b>crack</b></dt></dt><dd><p> [warez d00dz] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. <span class="grammar">v.</span> To break into a system
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(compare <a href="cracker.html"><i class="glossterm">cracker</i></a>). </p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">v.</span> Action of removing the
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copy protection from a commercial program. People who write cracks
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consider themselves challenged by the copy protection measures. They will
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often do it as much to show that they are smarter than the developer who
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designed the copy protection scheme than to actually copy the
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program. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. <span class="grammar">n.</span> A program, instructions or
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patch used to remove the copy protection of a program or to uncripple
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features from a demo/time limited program.</p></dd><dd><p> 4. An <a href="../E/exploit.html"><i class="glossterm">exploit</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="CPU-Wars.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../C.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="crack-root.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">CPU Wars </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> crack root</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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