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cracker definition - telecom
A computer enthusiast, or computerphile, who gains, or attempts to gain, unauthorized access to computers or computer networks and tamper with operating systems, application programs, and databases. See also hacker.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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