BACKDOOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does backdoor mean? 

• BACKDOOR (noun)
  The noun BACKDOOR has 3 senses:

1. an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains

2. an entrance at the rear of a building

3. a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position)

  Familiarity information: BACKDOOR used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACKDOOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

back door; backdoor

Hypernyms ("backdoor" is a kind of...):

access; access code (a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.))

Sense 2

Meaning:

An entrance at the rear of a building

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

back door; back entrance; backdoor

Hypernyms ("backdoor" is a kind of...):

exterior door; outside door (a doorway that allows entrance to or exit from a building)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

back door; backdoor

Context example:

he got his job through the back door

Hypernyms ("backdoor" is a kind of...):

access (the act of approaching or entering)