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black holing

black holing is the present participle and gerund of black hole.

Meaning of black hole

Verb

black hole (third-person singular simple present black holes, present participle black holing, simple past and past participle black holed)

  1. (Internet, transitive) To redirect (network traffic, etc.) nowhere; to discard (incoming traffic).
    • Select a nonglobally routed prefix, such as the Test-Net (RFC 3330) 192.0.2.0/24, to use as the next hop of any attacked prefix to be blackholed.2005, Victor Oppleman, Oliver Friedrichs, Brett Watson, Extreme exploits: advanced defenses against hardcore hacks, page 186

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Questions about black holing

What is black holing the present participle and gerund of?
Black holing is the present participle and gerund of black hole.

Words near black holing in the dictionary

  1. black hole jets
  2. black hole star
  3. black hole stars
  4. black holed
  5. black holes
  6. black holing
  7. Black Hollow
  8. black horehound
  9. black horses
  10. black house spider
  11. black house spiders

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