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wordfilter

wordfilter noun: software that monitors text input to chatrooms etc., deleting or modifying offensive language.

Noun

wordfilter (plural wordfilters)

  1. Software that monitors text input to chatrooms etc., deleting or modifying offensive language.
    • Facebook does not allow for pre-moderation of comments on pages and comments cannot be turned off, however NSW supreme court justice Stephen Rothman had argued that the media companies could have used a word filter using extremely common words to pre-filter the majority of comments to only be...2020 June 1, Josh Taylor, “Australian media companies face defamation liability for comments on Facebook after court dismisses appeal”, in The Guardian

Forms of wordfilter

pluralwordfilters
alternative formword filter

Origin of wordfilter

From word + filter.

Questions about wordfilter

What does wordfilter mean?
Wordfilter means software that monitors text input to chatrooms etc., deleting or modifying offensive language.
What part of speech is wordfilter?
Wordfilter is a noun.
What is the plural of wordfilter?
The plural of wordfilter is wordfilters.

Words near wordfilter in the dictionary

  1. wordfact
  2. wordfacts
  3. wordfast
  4. wordfest
  5. wordfests
  6. wordfilter
  7. wordfilters
  8. wordfinal
  9. wordfinder
  10. wordfinders
  11. wordfinding

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