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

Derived forms: back doors, backdoors

Type of: access, access code, exterior door, outside door

Encyclopedia: Backdoor