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  • chiclet keyboard
    n. A keyboard with small rectangular or lozenge-shaped rubber or plastic keys that look like pieces of chewing gum. (Chiclets is the brand... 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.