back door

  • 1Back door — may refer to:* Backdoor (computing), is a hidden method for bypassing normal computer authentication systems. * Back Door (jazz trio), a British jazz trio, drums sax and bass guitar, who played in the bar of the highest pub on the Yorkshire moors …

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  • 2back door — n 1.) a door at the back or side of a building 2.) get in through the back door to achieve something by having an unfair secret advantage ▪ His father works for the company so he got in through the back door …

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  • 3back door — noun count * a door at the back or side of a building by/through the back door using secret or dishonest methods to achieve something, and hoping that people do not realize what is happening: They managed to sneak the legislation in through the… …

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  • 4back|door — back door, 1. a door in the back of a room or house. 2. Figurative. a secret, devious, or irregular means. »[She] charged that the Democratic plan was “socialized medicine by the back door” (New York Times). back|door «BAK DR, DOHR», adjective.… …

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  • 5Back door — A door in the back part of a building; hence, an indirect way. Atterbury. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 6back door — [n] secretive or illicit method back entrance, back way, indirect access, means of entry, trap door; concepts 274,631 …

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  • 7back door — back′ door′ n. a secret, furtive, illicit, or indirect method or means • Etymology: 1520–30 back′door′, adj …

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  • 8back-door — ˌback ˈdoor [back door] adjective only before noun using indirect or secret means in order to achieve sth …

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  • 9Back Door — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Jazzrock, Blues Gründung 1971 Auflösung 1977 …

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  • 10back door — noun 1. a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position) (Freq. 1) he got his job through the back door • Syn: ↑backdoor • Hypernyms: ↑access 2. an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains …

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