trapdoor

trapdoor
This usually refers to a BBS program (or a mainframe that you call up) that has a special code that can be entered to give you high access. Usually it is entered as a user name and password when logging on. These are undocumented by the program, and usually created by the programmers so they can gain access to any computer running their BBS program. Hackers try to find trapdoors, but they are usually not created by hackers. (Some other kinds of software have trapdoors, such as video games, which might have trapdoors to give you extra lives).

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  • Trapdoor — Trap door , n. 1. (Arch.) A lifting or sliding door covering an opening in a roof or floor. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mining) A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; called also {weather door}. Raymond. [1913 Webster] {Trapdoor spider} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • trapdoor — ► NOUN ▪ a hinged or removable panel in a floor, ceiling, or roof …   English terms dictionary

  • trapdoor — [trap′dôr΄] n. a hinged or sliding door in a roof, ceiling, or floor …   English World dictionary

  • Trapdoor — A trapdoor is a door set into a floor or ceiling (depending on what side of the door one is on). An exposed trapdoor could also be called a hatch, although hatches may not be necessarily horizontal. Many buildings with flat roofs have hatches… …   Wikipedia

  • trapdoor — UK [ˈtræpˌdɔː(r)] / US [ˈtræpˌdɔr] noun [countable] Word forms trapdoor : singular trapdoor plural trapdoors a small door that covers an opening in a floor, ceiling, or wall …   English dictionary

  • trapdoor — n. a door or hatch in a floor, ceiling, or roof, usu. made flush with the surface. Phrases and idioms: trapdoor spider any of various spiders, esp. of the family Ctenizidae, that make a hinged trapdoor at the top of their nest …   Useful english dictionary

  • Trapdoor — Backdoor (auch Trapdoor oder Hintertür) bezeichnet einen (oft vom Autor eingebauten) Teil einer Software, der es Benutzern ermöglicht, unter Umgehung der normalen Zugriffssicherung Zugang zum Computer oder einer sonst geschützten Funktion eines… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • trapdoor — /trap dawr , dohr /, n. 1. a door flush with the surface of a floor, ceiling, or roof. 2. the opening that it covers. adj. 3. of, pertaining to, or like a trapdoor. [1325 75; ME trappe dore. See TRAP1, DOOR] * * * …   Universalium

  • trapdoor — [[t]træ̱pdɔ͟ː(r)[/t]] trapdoors also trap door N COUNT A trapdoor is a small horizontal door in a floor, a ceiling, or on a stage …   English dictionary

  • trapdoor — užpakalinės durys statusas T sritis informatika apibrėžtis Vieta, pro kurią galima patekti į programinės arba aparatinės įrangos vidų, ir priemonės tam padaryti apeinant ↑saugumo priemones. Programuotojai dažnai palieka užpakalines duris klaidų… …   Enciklopedinis kompiuterijos žodynas

  • Trapdoor spider — Trapdoor Trap door , n. 1. (Arch.) A lifting or sliding door covering an opening in a roof or floor. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mining) A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; called also {weather door}. Raymond. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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