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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>trap door</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../T.html" title="T"/><link rel="previous" href="trap.html" title="trap"/><link rel="next" href="trash.html" title="trash"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">trap door</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="trap.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">T</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="trash.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="trap-door"/><dt xmlns="" id="trap-door"><b>trap door</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> (alt.: <span class="firstterm">trapdoor</span>) </p></dd><dd><p> 1. Syn. <a href="../B/back-door.html"><i class="glossterm">back door</i></a> — a
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<a href="../B/Bad-Thing.html"><i class="glossterm">Bad Thing</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. [techspeak] A <span class="firstterm">trap-door
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function</span> is one which is easy to compute but very difficult to
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compute the inverse of. Such functions are
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<a href="../G/Good-Thing.html"><i class="glossterm">Good Thing</i></a>s with important applications in cryptography,
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specifically in the construction of public-key cryptosystems.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="trap.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../T.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="trash.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">trap </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> trash</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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