Back door
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Back door may refer to:
- A doorDoorA door is a movable structure used to open and close off an entrance, typically consisting of a panel that swings on hinges or that slides or rotates inside of a space....
in the rear of a house or other building - Backdoor (computing), a hidden method for bypassing normal computer authentication systems
- Back Door (jazz trio), a British jazz trio, drums sax and bass guitar, who played in the bar of the highest pub on the Yorkshire moors during the late 1970s. Their use of the bass guitar was ahead of its time
- The Back Door (fiction)The Back Door (fiction)The Back Door was an anonymous work of invasion literature serialised in Hong Kong newspaper The China Mail from 30 September through 8 October 1897...
, an 1897 work describing a fictional French and Russian invasion of Hong Kong - The Back Door (album), a 1992 album by American band Cherish the Ladies
- Backdoor pilot, a method used to judge reaction to a potential new television series
- In jazz music theory, the backdoor progressionBackdoor progressionIn jazz and jazz harmony, the chord progression from iv7 to VII7 to I has been nicknamed the backdoor progression or the backdoor ii-V. This name derives from an assumption that the normal progression to the tonic, the ii-V-I turnaround is, by inference, the front door...
is a characteristic harmonic device found in many jazz standards - Backdoor (basketball), play when a player without the ball gets behind the defense and receives a pass for an easy score