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brute forcing

brute forcing is the present participle and gerund of brute force.

Meaning of brute force

Verb

brute force (third-person singular simple present brute forces, present participle brute forcing, simple past and past participle brute forced)

  1. (transitive) To solve (a computational problem) by brute force.
    • "In trying to solve the problem in this simplified space, it does different things than it did when it was brute forcing its way through the original space."1960, Scott Cameron, Marshall Clinton Yovits, Self-organizing Systems: Proceedings - Page 187
  2. To break a password, encryption, or any other protection mechanism by brute force.

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Questions about brute forcing

What is brute forcing the present participle and gerund of?
Brute forcing is the present participle and gerund of brute force.

Words near brute forcing in the dictionary

  1. brute facts
  2. brute for punishment
  3. brute force
  4. brute forced
  5. brute forces
  6. brute forcing
  7. brute strength
  8. brute-de-forge
  9. brute-fact
  10. brute-force
  11. brute-forced

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