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cracker

/ˈkɹækə(ɹ)/
Meanings
  • noun

    A person who is very good at breaking codes, secrets, or passwords.

    - "Sherlock Holmes was a cracker when it came to solving mysteries."
    - "The hacker was a cracker, able to breach even the most secure systems."
  • noun

    A type of candy that is usually cylindrical in shape, filled with a sweet or savory filling, and coated with a hard sugar shell that is snapped or cracked open.

    - "Kids love to eat crackers as a snack."
    - "My grandma used to make popcorn balls and hand them out with crackers at Halloween."
Pronunciation
  1. /ˈkɹækə(ɹ)/



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Synonyms

biscuit , black hat , black-hat hacker , hacker , corn-cracker , honky , peckerwood , redneck , trailer nigger , trailer trash , white trash , whitey , wonderbread , popper , snapper
Rhymes
Words rhyming with cracker
cake , make , lake , rake
Variants
List of all variants of cracker that leads to same result
cracker , crackers , cracker-barrel , Cracker Jack , Cracker Jacks , animal cracker , animal crackers , catalytic cracker , catalytic crackers , graham cracker , graham crackers , oyster cracker , oyster crackers , soda cracker , soda crackers , Christmas cracker
Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

The origin of the word 'cracker' for a person who is good at breaking codes can be traced back to the early 19th century, where it was used to describe someone who could 'crack' a safe or a code. The origin of the word 'cracker' for the food item is uncertain, but it is believed to have originated in Europe and was brought to America in the late 17th or early 18th century.

Trivia
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  1. The term 'cracker' for the person who cracks codes was popularized in the 1960s by the hacker community.

  2. The world record for the most number of crackers snapped in one minute is held by a man named Avery T. Broderick, who snapped 2,011 crackers in 2005.

  3. The first recorded use of the word 'cracker' for a food item was in 1672, when it was mentioned in a cookbook as a type of biscuit.

Related Concepts
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  1. hacker: A person who uses their technical skills to access and manipulate computer systems without authorization. While a hacker and a cracker share some similarities, a hacker typically focuses on exploiting vulnerabilities in computer systems, while a cracker specifically focuses on cracking codes and passwords.

  2. code-breaking: The process of deciphering or solving a code, ciphertext, or cryptogram by using various methods and techniques.

Culture
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The word 'cracker' has been used in various forms of literature and art. In the novel 'The Maltese Falcon' by Dashiell Hammett, the term 'cracker' is used to describe a detective who is particularly good at solving puzzles and cracking codes. In music, there is a genre of electronic dance music called 'crunk' that originated in the Southern United States in the late 1990s. Crackers have also been a popular snack food for centuries and have been featured in various forms of art and literature.

How to Memorize "cracker"

  1. visualize

    - To memorize the word 'cracker' for the person who cracks codes, imagine a safe being opened with a key or a code being entered on a keypad.
    - To memorize the word 'cracker' for the food item, imagine a cylindrical shape with a hard shell that is snapped or cracked open.

  2. associate

    - To memorize the word 'cracker' for the person who cracks codes, associate it with the image of a detective solving a mystery or a hacker accessing a secure system.
    - To memorize the word 'cracker' for the food item, associate it with the image of a snack or a party.

  3. mnemonics

    - To memorize the word 'cracker' for the person who cracks codes, use the mnemonic 'Cryptography Rules All Keys Effectively.'
    - To memorize the word 'cracker' for the food item, use the mnemonic 'Cylindrical Shape, Crack it Open.'

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