trapdoor

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling.
2. Such a trap set into the floor of a stage to allow fast exits and entrances.
3. A secret method of obtaining access to a program or online system; a backdoor.
4. The special information that permits the inverse of a trapdoor function to be easily computed.
5. A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; a weather door.

Verb

1. (transitive) To subvert (a cryptographic scheme) by means of a secret parameter that makes the trapdoor function easy to compute.
2. (intransitive) To form a trapdoor deformity.

Concepten

valluik

achterdeur

winkelhaak

luik

valdeur

Synoniemen

hatch

scuttle

shutter

Vertalingen

Falltür

botola

trappe

trampa

🪤

trapa

alçapão

escotilla

escotillón

الباب

trampilla

باب خفي؛ باب سري

porta del darrere

καταπακτή

porte dérobée

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈtræpdɔː/

Etymologie (Engels)

From trap + door.