Cracker, crackers or The Crackers may refer to:

Animals

* ''Hamadryas'' (butterfly), or crackers, a genus of brush-footed butterflies * '' Sparodon'', a monotypic genus whose species is sometimes known as "Cracker"

Arts and entertainment

Films

* ''Crackers'' (1984 film), an American film starring Sean Penn * ''Crackers'' (1998 film), an Australian film * ''Crackers'' (2011 film), a Bollywood film

Music

Cracker (band) Cracker is an American rock music, rock band formed in 1990 by lead singer David Lowery (musician), David Lowery and guitarist Johnny Hickman. The band's first album ''Cracker (album), Cracker'' was released in 1992 on Virgin Records; it incl ...

, an American rock band ** ''Cracker'' (album), the debut studio album by the American rock band Cracker, released on March 10, 1992 * ''Crackers'' (song), a 1980 song by Barbara Mandrell * '' Crackers: The Christmas Party Album'', an album by the British glam rock band Slade * The Crackers, a 1968 pseudonym of the band

The Merseybeats The Merseybeats (sometimes written as the Mersey Beats) are an English band that emerged from the Liverpool Merseybeat scene in the early 1960s, performing at the Cavern Club along with the Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers, and other similar ...

Television

* ''Cracker'' (British TV series), a television crime drama series ** ''Cracker'' (American TV series), the American remake of the British television series

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* Crackers (Captain Underpants), a comic book character * ''Cracker'' (comic), a British children's comic

People

Cracker (term) Cracker, sometimes cracka or white cracker, is a racial slur directed at white people, used especially with regard to poor rural whites in the Southern United States. Also referred by the euphemistic contraction C-word, it is commonly a pejora ...

, a derogatory term for a person of white European descent * Computer cracker, a security hacker who maliciously exploits weaknesses in a computer or network *

Software cracker Software cracking (known as "breaking" mostly in the 1980s) is an act of removing copy protection from a software. Copy protection can be removed by applying a specific ''crack''. A ''crack'' can mean any tool that enables breaking software pr ...

, a person who uses reverse engineering to remove software copy protections *

Safecracker Safe-cracking is the process of opening a safe without either the combination or the key. Physical methods Safes have widely different designs, construction methods, and locking mechanisms. A safe cracker needs to know the specifics of whicheve ...

, a person who breaks open safes, usually to rob them *

Georgia cracker Georgia crackers are the descendants of colonial-era British American pioneer settlers in what is now the U.S. state of Georgia, and a subculture of White Southerners. History In the late 19th century and the early part of the 20th century, G ...

, 19th–20th century cattle drivers of the Georgia plains *

Florida cracker Florida crackers are the descendants of colonial-era British American pioneer settlers in what is now the U.S. state of Florida, and a subculture of White Southerners. The first crackers arrived in 1763 after Spain traded Florida to Great Britai ...

, 19th–20th century cattle drivers of the Florida scrub regions *

Miz Cracker Miz Cracker (born April 19, 1984) is the stage name of Maxwell Elias Heller, an American drag queen and television personality. He is best known for placing fifth on the tenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and for being a runner-up on the fif ...

, American drag queen *

Kane Gamble Kane Gamble or known online as Cracka (born October 2, 1999) is a British hacker from Leicester, who lead a hacktivist group called ''Crackas With Attitude (CWA)'' in 2015, responsible for hacking US government networks, emails and phone accounts ...

, a British hacker known under the pseudonym Cracka

Places

* Cracker, a mountain peak in

Glacier National Park (U.S.) Glacier National Park is a national park of the United States located in northwestern Montana, on the Canada–United States border. The park encompasses more than and includes parts of two mountain ranges (sub-ranges of the Rocky Mountains), ...

, Montana **

Cracker (benchmark) Cracker benchmark () is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana Montana ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is borde ...

, its benchmark summit

Other uses

Cracker (food) A cracker is a flat, dry baked biscuit typically made with flour. Flavorings or seasonings, such as salt, herbs, seeds, or cheese, may be added to the dough or sprinkled on top before or after baking. Crackers are often branded as a nutritio ...

, a type of biscuit, usually salted or savoury * Cracker, a petrochemical industry component used for

cracking Cracking may refer to: * Cracking, the formation of a fracture or partial fracture in a solid material studied as fracture mechanics ** Performing a sternotomy * Fluid catalytic cracking, a catalytic process widely used in oil refineries for crac ...

Christmas cracker Christmas crackers are festive table decorations that make a snapping sound when pulled open, and typically contain a small gift, paper hat and a joke. They are part of Christmas celebrations in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Ireland a ...

, a traditional British Christmas toy or decoration *

Operation Crackers Operation Crackers was a British Commando raid during the Second World War. The raid from the 23 February to the 3 March 1943 at Sognefjord in Norway, consisted of 16 soldiers drawn from No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando, No. 12 Commando and No. 30 C ...

, a British Commando raid during the Second World War *

Atlanta Crackers The Atlanta Crackers were a Minor League Baseball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, between 1901 and 1965. The Crackers were Atlanta's home team until the Atlanta Braves moved from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1966. History Atlanta played its inaugu ...

, an American baseball team from Atlanta, Georgia * "The Cracker," a railroad train of the Southern Railway operating from Atlanta to Valdosta * Cracker, a length of twine or string at the end of a

whip A whip is a blunt weapon or implement used in a striking motion to create sound or pain. Whips can be used for flagellation against humans or animals to exert control through pain compliance or fear of pain, or be used as an audible cue thro ...

that produces a cracking sound *

Firecracker A firecracker (cracker, noise maker, banger) is a small explosive device primarily designed to produce a large amount of noise, especially in the form of a loud bang, usually for celebration or entertainment; any visual effect is incidental to ...

, commonly shortened to "cracker" in Indian English