Hacker vs. Cracker

[A. Vine]

Grant Barrett wrote:
>
> On Tue, 09 May 2000 11:38:44 -0700, A. Vine wrote:
>
> >  Gee, I must be completely out of touch, heads down creating software
> products,
> >  because I've never heard the term "cracker" amongst my coworkers in that
> >  context.  This must be a media term, or a non-Silicon Valley term, or
> >  something.  Maybe us old folks are left out of this terminology creation
> thing -
> >  "Sssh, here comes someone over 30!"
>
> I'm not sure which usage you're talking about, Andrea. Cracker as a
> replacement for a hacker-programmer? Or cracker as a replacement for
> hacker-criminal?
>

_Any_ use of "cracker", apart from "cheese and crackers", "firecracker", and
possibly "safe cracker" (but only in the movies).