trapdoor
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Is trapdoor a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of trapdoor?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (theater) Such a trap set into the floor of a stage to allow fast exits and entrances.
2. (computing) A secret method of obtaining access to a program or online system; a backdoor.
3. (mathematics, cryptography) The special information that permits the inverse of a trapdoor function to be easily computed.
4. (mining) A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; a weather door.
verb (English)
1. (cryptography, transitive) To subvert (a cryptographic scheme) by means of a secret parameter that makes the trapdoor function easy to compute.transitive
2. (surgery, intransitive) To form a trapdoor deformity.intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary