"dictionary attack" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌdɪkʃənəɹi əˈtæk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌdɪkʃənɹi-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌdɪkʃnəɹi-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌdɪkʃəˌnɛɹi əˈtæk/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-dictionary attack.oga Forms: dictionary attacks [plural]
Rhymes: -æk Etymology: From dictionary + attack. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deyḱ-|*(s)teg-|id2=pole}}, {{compound|en|dictionary|attack|notext=1|type=exocentric}} dictionary + attack Head templates: {{en-noun}} dictionary attack (plural dictionary attacks)
  1. (computing, cryptography) An attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words (from a dictionary) to try to guess decryption keys or passwords. Categories (topical): Computing, Cryptography Derived forms: dictionary attacker Related terms: brute force Translations (attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords): هجوم المعجم (Arabic), atac de diccionari [masculine] (Catalan), 字典攻擊 /字典攻击 (zìdiǎn gōngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), slovníkový útok [masculine] (Czech), ordbogsangreb [neuter] (Danish), woordenboekaanval [masculine] (Dutch), sanakirjahyökkäys (Finnish), attaque par dictionnaire [feminine] (French), Wörterbuchangriff [masculine] (German), attacco a dizionario [masculine] (Italian), 辞書攻撃 (jisho kōgeki) (alt: じしょこうげき) (Japanese), 사전 공격 (sajeon gonggyeok) (Korean), attacch a dizionari (Lombard), നിഘണ്ടു ആക്രമണം (nighaṇṭu ākramaṇaṁ) (Malayalam), толь бичгийн халдлага (tolʹ bičgiin xaldlaga) (Mongolian), ordbokangrep [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), حمله لغتنامهای (Persian), atak słownikowy [masculine] (Polish), ataque de dicionário [masculine] (Portuguese), ਡਿਕਸ਼ਨਰੀ ਅਟੈਕ (ḍikśanarī aṭaik) (Punjabi), перебо́р по словарю́ (perebór po slovarjú) [masculine] (Russian), ataque de diccionario [masculine] (Spanish), ordboksattack [common-gender] (Swedish), การโจมตีด้วยคำจากพจนานุกรม (Thai), перебі́р за словнико́м (perebír za slovnykóm) [inanimate, masculine] (Ukrainian), tấn công từ điển (Vietnamese)

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        "(computing, cryptography) An attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words (from a dictionary) to try to guess decryption keys or passwords."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "cryptography",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdɪkʃənəɹi əˈtæk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdɪkʃənɹi-/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdɪkʃnəɹi-/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdɪkʃəˌnɛɹi əˈtæk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-dictionary attack.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a0/En-us-dictionary_attack.oga/En-us-dictionary_attack.oga.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/En-us-dictionary_attack.oga"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æk"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "word": "هجوم المعجم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atac de diccionari"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zìdiǎn gōngjī",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "word": "字典攻擊 /字典攻击"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "slovníkový útok"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ordbogsangreb"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "woordenboekaanval"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "word": "sanakirjahyökkäys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "attaque par dictionnaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wörterbuchangriff"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "attacco a dizionario"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じしょこうげき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jisho kōgeki",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "word": "辞書攻撃"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sajeon gonggyeok",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "word": "사전 공격"
    },
    {
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "word": "attacch a dizionari"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "nighaṇṭu ākramaṇaṁ",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "word": "നിഘണ്ടു ആക്രമണം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tolʹ bičgiin xaldlaga",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "word": "толь бичгийн халдлага"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ordbokangrep"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "word": "حمله لغتنامهای"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atak słownikowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ataque de dicionário"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "ḍikśanarī aṭaik",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "word": "ਡਿਕਸ਼ਨਰੀ ਅਟੈਕ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perebór po slovarjú",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "перебо́р по словарю́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ataque de diccionario"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ordboksattack"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "word": "การโจมตีด้วยคำจากพจนานุกรม"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perebír za slovnykóm",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "перебі́р за словнико́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words to try and guess decryption keys or passwords",
      "word": "tấn công từ điển"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dictionary attack"
}

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