TRAP DOOR


Meaning of TRAP DOOR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ 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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