"dictionary attack" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "dictionary attacks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cryptography",
          "orig": "en:Cryptography",
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            "Computer science",
            "Formal sciences",
            "Mathematics",
            "Computing",
            "Sciences",
            "Technology",
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            "Fundamental"
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An attack that uses a list of words (from a dictionary) to try to guess passwords or decryption keys."
      ],
      "id": "en-dictionary_attack-en-noun--Ky2hwF1",
      "links": [
        [
          "cryptography",
          "cryptography"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ],
        [
          "dictionary",
          "dictionary"
        ],
        [
          "password",
          "password"
        ],
        [
          "decryption",
          "decryption"
        ],
        [
          "key",
          "key"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cryptography) An attack that uses a list of words (from a dictionary) to try to guess passwords or decryption keys."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "brute force"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "cryptography",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "An attack that uses a list of words from a dictionary",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ordbogsangreb"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "An attack that uses a list of words from a dictionary",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "woordenboekaanval"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "An attack that uses a list of words from a dictionary",
          "word": "sanakirjahyökkäys"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "An attack that uses a list of words from a dictionary",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "attaque par dictionnaire"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "An attack that uses a list of words from a dictionary",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Wörterbuchangriff"
        },
        {
          "alt": "じしょこうげき",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jisho kōgeki",
          "sense": "An attack that uses a list of words from a dictionary",
          "word": "辞書攻撃"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "An attack that uses a list of words from a dictionary",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "atak słownikowy"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "An attack that uses a list of words from a dictionary",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "ordboksattack"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dictionary attack"
}

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      "form": "dictionary attacks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "brute force"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
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        "English nouns",
        "en:Cryptography"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An attack that uses a list of words (from a dictionary) to try to guess passwords or decryption keys."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cryptography",
          "cryptography"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ],
        [
          "dictionary",
          "dictionary"
        ],
        [
          "password",
          "password"
        ],
        [
          "decryption",
          "decryption"
        ],
        [
          "key",
          "key"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cryptography) An attack that uses a list of words (from a dictionary) to try to guess passwords or decryption keys."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "cryptography",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "An attack that uses a list of words from a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ordbogsangreb"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "An attack that uses a list of words from a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "woordenboekaanval"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "An attack that uses a list of words from a dictionary",
      "word": "sanakirjahyökkäys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "An attack that uses a list of words from a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "attaque par dictionnaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "An attack that uses a list of words from a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wörterbuchangriff"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じしょこうげき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jisho kōgeki",
      "sense": "An attack that uses a list of words from a dictionary",
      "word": "辞書攻撃"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "An attack that uses a list of words from a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atak słownikowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "An attack that uses a list of words from a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ordboksattack"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dictionary attack"
}