title: Brute force
text: # Brute force
  
  Brute Force or brute force may refer to:
  
  ## Techniques
  
  * Brute force method or proof by exhaustion, a method of mathematical proof
  * Brute-force attack, a cryptanalytic attack
  * Brute-force search, a computer problem-solving technique
  
  ## People
  
  * Brute Force (musician) (born 1940), American singer and songwriter
  
  ## Arts and entertainment
  
  ### Film
  
  * Brute Force (1914 film), a short silent drama directed by D. W. Griffith
  * Brute Force (1947 film), a film noir directed by Jules Dassin
  
  ### Literature
  
  * Brute Force, a 2008 Nick Stone Missions novel by Andy McNab
  * Brute Force (Ellis book), a 1990 book by the historian John Ellis
  * Brute Force: Cracking the Data Encryption Standard, a 2005 book by Matt Curtin
  
  ### Other media
  
  * Brute Force (album), a 2016 record by the Algorithm
  * Brute Force (comics), a comic by Simon Furman
  * Brute Force (video game), a 2003 third-person shooter
  