Cracking

Cracking may refer to:

Cracking, the formation of a fracture or partial fracture in a solid material studied as fracture mechanics
- 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
Packing and cracking, a method of creating voting districts to give a political party an advantage

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