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pinhole

  • noun
  • /ˈpɪnˌhoʊl/

A small hole, of a size that could have been made by a pin

Other meanings

  1. The aperture in a pinhole camera or camera obscura

  2. A port left unprotected by a firewall to allow a particular application to gain access to a service.

A kind of

  • puncture

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “pinhole” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.