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Trapdoor
Meaning
Noun
●
A
hinged
or
sliding door
set into a
floor
or ceiling.
●
In Theater:
Such a
trap set
into the
floor
of a
stage
to
allow
fast
exits
and entrances.
●
In Computing:
A
secret
method of
obtaining
access to a
program
or online system; a backdoor.
●
In Cryptography & Mathematics:
The
special
information that
permits
the
inverse
of a
trapdoor function
to be
easily
computed.
●
In Mining:
A
door
in
a level
for
regulating
the
ventilating
current; a
weather
door
.
Verb
●
In Cryptography:
To
subvert
(a
cryptographic
scheme
)
by means of
a
secret
parameter
that makes the
trapdoor function
easy
to compute.
●
In Surgery:
To form a
trapdoor
deformity.
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