The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
trap-door functionA special class of one-way function, which is reversible if you know a certain secret associated with the function. (http://rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/faq/2-3-2.html). (http://ieor.berkeley.edu/~jshu/knapsack/Review/OverviewPK.html). (2003-05-22)