Brute force
# 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
