trapdoor English

Meaning trapdoor meaning

What does trapdoor mean?

trapdoor noun

— A hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling.

— (theater) Such a trap set into the floor of a stage to allow fast exits and entrances.

— (computing) A secret method of obtaining access to a program or online system; a backdoor.

— (mathematics, cryptography) The special information that permits the inverse of a trapdoor function to be easily computed.

— secret access to a program

Synonyms trapdoor synonyms

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