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trap door n.

(alt. `trapdoor') 1. Syn. [back door] -- a [Bad Thing]. 2. [techspeak] A `trap-door function' is one which is easy to compute but very difficult to compute the inverse of. Such functions are [Good Thing]s with important applications in cryptography, specifically in the construction of public-key cryptosystems.

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