Rainbow Tables are used in what kind of password cracking?

Brute-force attacks enumerate and hash every possible character combination in real time rather than relying on pre-computed lookup tables.

Dictionary attacks try common words and phrases against a hash in real time using a wordlist, not through pre-computed hash chains.

Hybrid attacks combine dictionary and brute-force techniques applied in real time, not via stored pre-computed tables.

Pre-computation attacks involve generating and storing hash values for large sets of potential passwords before an attack ever begins, which is exactly how rainbow tables function. They use pre-computed chains of hash reductions to enable rapid plaintext lookup when a target hash is encountered, making cracking far faster than any real-time method.