Backdoor Definition

băkdôr
adjective
Secret or surreptitious; clandestine.
A backdoor romance.
American Heritage
Of a rear entrance.
Webster's New World
Devious or underhanded.
American Heritage
Secret; underhanded.
Webster's New World
Of or directed toward a player who has slipped behind the opposing defense.
A backdoor pass.
American Heritage
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noun
An unofficial and often improper entrance or channel.
Most of the campaign money came through the backdoor. Every admissions process has a backdoor.
American Heritage
A means of access to a computer system that allows unauthorized users to circumvent normal authentication procedures.
American Heritage
Alternative spelling of back door.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • back door
  • back entrance
verb
Alternative spelling of back door.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Backdoor

Noun

Singular:
backdoor
Plural:
backdoors

Origin of Backdoor

  • From the phrase back door.

    From Wiktionary

Backdoor Sentence Examples

  • Maybe there's a backdoor or someone she knows in Hell who can help you.

  • The Unix virus payload can then install a backdoor which can be remotely directed.

  • That is, after a backdoor connection starts, how long does it take for the monitor to detect the backdoor?

  • What you may think is a harmless joke program could in reality be opening a backdoor to your system.

  • Although the official site has been offline since September 2005 (due to the threat of litigation), there are backdoor entrances to the original network.

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Words Starting With

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