Cracker

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Cracker may refer to:

• Cracker (computing), a person who engages in illegal or unethical circumvention of computer security systems
• Cracker (food), a thin, crisp, edible wafer, usually salty or savoury, rather than sweet (also called "biscuit")
• Christmas cracker, a traditional British Christmas favor, which emits a loud 'crack' when opened
• Cracker (pejorative), a slang term for a white person, usually considered pejorative
• Cracker butterflies, a genus of butterfly from the Neotropics
• A short length of twisted twine or string attached to the end of a whip (because of the cracking noise it produces)
• Someone who smokes or sells crack cocaine
• A colloquial abbreviation for firecracker
• A device used for dispensing whipped cream, more commonly known as a whipped-cream charger

In entertainment:

• Cracker (band), a rock music band
• Cracker (comic), a British children's comic
• Cracker (UK TV series), a television crime drama series
• Cracker (U.S. television), the U.S. remake of the British television series
• Crackers (1984 film), an American film starring Sean Penn
• Crackers (1998 film), an Australian comedy

[edit] See also

• Crack
• Cracking

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