trapdoor
Noun
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Noun
trapdoor (plural trapdoors)
- 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.
- (mining) A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; weather door.
- French: trappe
- German: Falltür
- Italian: botola
- Portuguese: alçapão
- Russian: люк
- Spanish: trampa, escotillón
- Italian: botola
- Russian: люк
- Russian: лазе́йка
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