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Backdoor

noun

An undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains. Synonym: back door.

An entrance at the rear of a building. Synonyms: back door, back entrance.

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

... and we went out by a backdoor into the Rue Fontaine Moliere; we reached the square of the Palais Royal. The fiacres were standing there as usual. We got into the first ...

— The History of a Crime - The Testimony of an Eye-Witness • Victor Hugo

Words linked to "Backdoor" : access, outside door, access code, exterior door