Definitions
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- noun Alternative spelling of
black hole , especially in the attributive. - noun Internet A place where traffic is silently discarded.
- noun programming A
bit bucket ; a place of permanent oblivion for data. - noun computing DNSBL, used to block spamming IP addresses – are often called "blackhole lists"
- noun Internet A blackhole server, a DNS server that handles reverse lookups of invalid IP ranges
- noun management A resource
sink .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It may very well put the Acura ZDX and Chevrolet Camaro to shame in terms blackhole-like blindspots.
AutoSpies.com News 2010
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Gordon/puppet will indeed talk of a 'blackhole', but from the european govt with the highest level of borrowing this line is starting to feel slightly tired.
How can this policy sit with lower tax and matched spending? 2008
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Google should just "blackhole" all AP content and websites that host even one AP article.
Latest Articles 2009
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Indeed, Mark's use of the "blackhole" storage engine is a good idea to eliminate that processing from each transaction.
Planet MySQL 2009
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This secret "blackhole" could end up adding another £1,430 each year to the average families 'tax bill, it said.
Latest Articles 2009
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(04: 51: 17 pm) My server is hosted on my computer please post again as that makes no sense. what do the times mean? why would you post like that? what is "blackhole"? does your ISP know you are breaking their terms of service by hosting a website on your home computer?
phpBB.com 2009
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Were they being held indefinitely without charge in a place that was designed to be a legal blackhole?
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She, and her constituents are a blackhole crushing America's future.
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Bldgs being stormed all over #Cairo RIGHT NOW This is a people who have been in an information blackhole for hours!
Parvez Sharma: Egypt Is Burning, and It Is Not a Facebook or Twitter Event Parvez Sharma 2011
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But, also think the SpaceX folks are going to be learning alot & the govt subsidized funding will eventually become a blackhole as well.
recombinantdna commented on the word blackhole
(doublepost)
August 22, 2008
recombinantdna commented on the word blackhole
I wouldn't say that black has negative connotations here -- blackholes look black, because they pull light in.
August 22, 2008
whichbe commented on the word blackhole
I wouldn't say that the concept of a blackhole has a negative connotation inherently, but there's many that do use it as a metaphor for something that's powerful, destructive, and consuming. If one wants to consider 'light' metaphorically, then to 'pull light in' would be indeed a 'dark' act.
Digressing, this reminds me of how fearful humans are of this metaphorical 'dark', which may indeed be some sort of 'fear of fear' conundrum. Carl Jung wrote til he was blue in the face trying to get people to understand that looking at their shadows can indeed be a very healing and freeing act, allowing for awareness and even the very transcendence desired in the supposed act of avoidance.
August 22, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word blackhole
psst... recombinantdna... if you want to delete multiple posts, click on "edit," and then submit the (unchanged) comment. You should see a "delete" option appear. :)
August 22, 2008