Brute Force or brute force may refer to:

Techniques

Brute force method Proof by exhaustion, also known as proof by cases, proof by case analysis, complete induction or the brute force method, is a method of mathematical proof in which the statement to be proved is split into a finite number of cases or sets of equiv ...

or proof by exhaustion, a method of mathematical proof *

Brute-force attack In cryptography, a brute-force attack consists of an attacker submitting many passwords or passphrases with the hope of eventually guessing correctly. The attacker systematically checks all possible passwords and passphrases until the correc ...

, a cryptanalytic attack * Brute-force search, a computer problem-solving technique

People

* Brute Force (musician) (born 1940), American singer and songwriter

Arts and entertainment

Film

* ''Brute Force'' (1914 film), a short silent drama directed by D. W. Griffith * ''Brute Force'' (1947 film), a film noir directed by Jules Dassin

Literature

* ''Brute Force'', a 2008 Nick Stone Missions novel by Andy McNab * ''Brute Force'' (Ellis book), a 1990 book by the historian John Ellis * '' Brute Force: Cracking the Data Encryption Standard'', a 2005 book by Matt Curtin

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