Associations to the word «Backdoor»

Wiktionary

BACKDOOR, noun. Alternative spelling of back door
BACKDOOR, verb. Alternative spelling of back door

Dictionary definition

BACKDOOR, noun. An undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains.
BACKDOOR, noun. An entrance at the rear of a building.
BACKDOOR, noun. A secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position); "he got his job through the back door".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats