Trapdoor vs Oubliette - What's the difference?
trapdoor | oubliette |
A hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling.
(theater) Such a trap set into the floor of a stage to allow fast exits and entrances.
(computing) A secret method of obtaining access to a program or online system; a backdoor.
(mathematics, cryptography) The special information that permits the inverse of a trapdoor function to be easily computed.
(mining) A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; weather door.
As nouns the difference between trapdoor and oubliette
is that trapdoor is a hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling while oubliette is a dungeon only accessible by a trapdoor at the top.trapdoor
English
(wikipedia trapdoor)Alternative forms
* trap door * trap-doorNoun
(en noun)- (Raymond)