BACK DOOR
Dictionary entry overview: What does back door mean?
• BACK DOOR (noun)
The noun BACK DOOR has 3 senses:
1. a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position)
2. an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains
3. an entrance at the rear of a building
Familiarity information: BACK DOOR used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• BACK DOOR (noun)
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 ("back door" is a kind of...):
access (the act of approaching or entering)
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:
backdoor; back door
Hypernyms ("back door" 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.))
Meaning:
An entrance at the rear of a building
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
back entrance; backdoor; back door
Hypernyms ("back door" is a kind of...):
exterior door; outside door (a doorway that allows entrance to or exit from a building)
