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Backdoor   /bˈækdˌɔr/   Listen
Backdoor

noun
1.
An undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains.  Synonym: back door.
2.
An entrance at the rear of a building.  Synonyms: back door, back entrance.
3.
A secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position).  Synonym: back door.





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"Backdoor" Quotes from Famous Books



... deceased," cried Agnes hotly, but she had to do as she was bid, and when she emerged, from behind the tree she was the very image of the ill-fated Gavinia. Stroke showed her a plan of Miss Ailie's backdoor, and also gave her a kitchen key (when he produced this, she felt in her pockets and then snatched it from him), after which she set out for the Dovecot in a ...
— Sentimental Tommy - The Story of His Boyhood • J. M. Barrie


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