Backdoor Common

Backdoor has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

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

"The security team discovered that hackers had exploited a backdoor to silently steal sensitive customer records from the server."

back door backdoor

an entrance at the rear of a building

"We had to sneak through the backdoor because the front gate was locked for the night."

back door backdoor back entrance

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

"he got his job through the back door"

back door backdoor

Alternative spelling of back door

"The old house has a rusty backdoor leading directly to the garden shed."

Verb

Alternative spelling of back door

"The dictionary lists both spellings, but I prefer to use the standard form rather than the backdoor variant in formal writing."