Blackhole Definition

noun

Alternative spelling of black hole, especially in the attributive.

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(Internet) A place where traffic is silently discarded.

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(programming) A bit bucket; a place of permanent oblivion for data.

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(computing) DNSBL, used to block spamming IP addresses - are often called "blackhole lists"

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(Internet) A blackhole server, a DNS server that handles reverse lookups of invalid IP ranges.

One way of fighting spam is to use a blackhole list maintained on a blackhole server.

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verb

(Internet) To redirect (network traffic, etc.) nowhere; to discard incoming traffic.

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Other Word Forms of Blackhole

Singular:

blackhole

Plural:

blackholes

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