Cyber Glossary
Cyberlaw dictionary is an alphabetical reference guide to technical and legal terms related to the Internet. The site you are now browsing contains over 500 definitions of words drawn from Standard Internet English including technical terms and their meanings. Our aim is to explain basic technical jargon of cyberspace to those who are not familiar with its jargon. We've given preference to terms that are widely used, like modem or bandwidth, and to those that describe new concepts specific to the Internet experience such as phishing or sexting.
Cracker
a person who gains unauthorized entry into a computer or computer sys-tem through the Internet and copies commercial software, sometimes simply to see if it can be done and sometimes for financial gain. In certain circles, a cracker would be considered less proficient than a hacker, though the terms are often interchangeable. see hacker.
