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クラッカー [gai1] クラッカ [sk]
1. [n] {food, cooking}
▶ cracker
2. [n]
▶ party popper
▶ cracker
3. [n] {computing}
▶ cracker



History:
9. A 2022-10-11 08:44:08  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Probably best not to try and pin it down. The Webisphere is full of definitions of the English term, and we can be sure the Japanese doesn't align precisely with all of them. GG5 says it's a person.
  Diff:
@@ -25 +25 @@
-<gloss>cracker (person or software circumventing software or security restrictions)</gloss>
+<gloss>cracker</gloss>
8. A* 2022-10-11 04:58:43  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
doesn't it?
https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/cracker
(2) A person who reverse engineers software and modifies it for fun. The term often applies to game software. See disassembler.


I don't think we should provide full definitions for terms like this one. I think "(software) cracker" or just "cracker" with the comp tag is enough. We don't specify on sense 1 that it's an edible cracker as opposed to a braggart etc. (the definition that leads in some ei-ei dictionarie)
7. A 2022-10-11 00:50:15  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Tightening the meaning. It doesn't involve cracking the software.
  Diff:
@@ -25 +25 @@
-<gloss>(software) cracker</gloss>
+<gloss>cracker (person or software circumventing software or security restrictions)</gloss>
6. A* 2022-10-10 23:07:12 
  Comments:
Frequently also refers to the app in both English and Japanes
  Diff:
@@ -25 +25 @@
-<gloss>cracker (person who circumvents software or security restrictions)</gloss>
+<gloss>(software) cracker</gloss>
5. A 2022-10-10 20:23:44  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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