# Question for Chronos

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-chronos/49679>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [January 12, 2001, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-chronos/49679 "2001-01-12T11:28:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-chronos/49679/1 "2001-01-12T11:28:29Z")

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from [This thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=54963)

What are “software cracks”? Just curious, as I have never heard the term before… 🙂

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-chronos/49679/2 "2001-01-12T11:37:48Z")

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I’m not Chronos, of course.

But I think the term is pretty much an umbrella definition for anything that allows you to use software, that normally ought to be bought, for free by means of false (copied) registration codes, and such.

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-chronos/49679/3 "2001-01-12T12:01:50Z")

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That is correct, Coldfire.

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**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-chronos/49679/4 "2001-01-13T06:03:26Z")

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c.f. warez