To
crack or fix a softwareto perform
illegal actions prohibited by the manafacturer. For example, adding a fix to a game can turn a trial version to a full version game without paying. The person who programmes the fix can make the fix do anything, whether that is to repair your game or destroy it etc etc.
People make illegal fix's to repair a games faults or errors, programmers can also make fix's enhance a games graphics, volume controls, make it run without a cd etc etc.
K: I downloaded a free £700
software in trial version form and added a fix to turn it into the full
thing without having to pay a penny.
J: what program was that?
K: Style
XP
J: Really! I bought that the other day!
K: Haha