password cracking

process of recovering passwords from data that has been stored in or transmitted by a computer system
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password cracking

Summary

password cracking ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (277 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • password cracking's GND ID is recorded as 4297957-2[2].
  • password cracking's subclass of is recorded as process[3].
  • password cracking's subclass of is recorded as security risk[4].
  • password cracking's subclass of is recorded as decryption[5].
  • password cracking's has use is recorded as computer forensics[6].
  • password cracking's has use is recorded as cyberattack[7].
  • password cracking's has use is recorded as data recovery[8].
  • password cracking's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02f9ym[9].
  • password cracking's has cause is recorded as cracker[10].
  • password cracking's facet of is recorded as information security[11].
  • password cracking's uses is recorded as brute-force attack[12].
  • password cracking's uses is recorded as dictionary attack[13].
  • password cracking's uses is recorded as password cracking software[14].
  • password cracking's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122xw2y2[15].
  • password cracking's Quora topic ID is recorded as Password-Cracking[16].
  • password cracking's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 3847113[17].
  • password cracking's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C3847113[18].

Why It Matters

password cracking ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (277 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). password cracking. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/password-cracking
MLA “password cracking.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 1 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/password-cracking.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_password-cracking_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{password cracking}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/password-cracking}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-01}}
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