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  • examining the entrails
    n. The process of {grovel}ling through a core dump or hex image in the attempt to discover the bug that brought a program or... VIEW ENTIRE DEFINITION


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    trap door

    alt. `trapdoor' n. 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 Things with important applications in cryptography, specifically in the construction of public-key cryptosystems.