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Definition of blackhole in English English dictionary
- A resource sink
- A bit bucket; a place of permanent oblivion for data
- DNSBL, used to block spamming IP addresses – are often called "blackhole lists"
- Alternative spelling of black hole, especially in the attributive
- A place where traffic is silently discarded
- 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.
blackhole
Etymology
(noun.) 1968. black + holeResimler
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