A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
An expanding circle of white water surrounding the site of a large explosion at shallow depth, marking the progress of the shock wave through the air above the water.File:Crossroads baker explosion.jpg|thumb|A nuclear explosion in shallow water; the crack is clearly visible on the water's surface.
From Middle English crakken, craken, from Old English cracian ("to resound, crack"), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakōną ("to crack, crackle, shriek"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- ("to resound, cry hoarsely").
Cognate with Scots crak ("to crack"), West Frisian kreakje ("to crack"), Dutch kraken ("to crunch, creak, squeak"), Low German kraken ("to crack"), German krachen ("to crash, crack, creak"), Lithuanian gìrgžděti ("to creak, squeak"), Old Armenian կարկաչ, Sanskrit गर्जति ("to roar, hum").
Of Unknown origin.
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