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A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | | Copyright

trapdoor A device placed in an ENCRYPTION scheme that allows someone to read easily any messages that have been encrypted. There has, for example, been a suspicion in the computing community that there is a trapdoor within the DATA ENCRYPTION STANDARD developed by the US government which allows agencies of the government to read messages.

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trapdoor

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

trap·door / ˈtrapˌdôr/ (also trap door) • n. a hinged or removable panel in a floor, ceiling, or roof. ∎ a feature or defect of a computer system that allows surreptitious unauthorized access to data belonging to other users.

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trapdoor

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

trapdoor •abhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, squaw, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your

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