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Meaning of backdoor

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

backdoor

noun

Definitions

  1. A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street.

  2. A means of access, often secret and unprotected, to something.

  3. A secret means of access to a program or system.

  4. A rear side door of a car, or at the back of a van.

verb

Definitions

  1. To attempt to accomplish by indirect means, especially when direct means are proscribed.

  2. To enter a tube by accelerating from behind; to surf into an already formed hollow wave, in contrast to the normal method of slowing to allow a surfable wave to form.