adj
Alternative form of area-denial [(military, of devices, typically weapons) Intended to prevent an adversary from occupying or traversing a certain area of land.]
n
(computing) (An) automatic blocking (inhibition of a feature etc.).
n
(Internet, IRC) A software setting that automatically disconnects a user whenever he/she attempts to connect.
adj
(Internet slang) banned (blocked from participation).
n
Alternative spelling of banhammer [(Internet slang, often humorous) The power of a sysop to block a user from participating in an online community.]
n
(Internet slang, often humorous) The power of a sysop to block a user from participating in an online community.
n
(Internet slang, humorous) A ban.
n
(law, computing) A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned.
n
A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
n
(computing) One who prevents another user from contacting them electronically.
n
(computing) A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned.
adj
(Internet) worthy of being blocked
n
(computing) A change in one part of a software system that potentially causes other components to fail; occurs most often in shared libraries of code used by multiple applications.
n
(software engineering) A regular meeting to discuss and triage unfixed problems in the software.
adj
(computing) Containing programming errors
n
The practice of giving slightly different versions of a document to each recipient, so that if the document is leaked then the person who leaked it can be identified.
adj
(computing, of a physical block) Separated into logical records
n
(computing, Internet) The use of geolocation software to deny access to content to users from certain regions or countries.
n
Alternative form of geo-blocking [(computing, Internet) The use of geolocation software to deny access to content to users from certain regions or countries.]
v
(transitive) To make (a computer system) secure from hackers.
n
(Internet) An IRC channel operator with limited privileges, unable for example to promote other users to operator status.
n
(computing) A software bug which fails to manifest itself or manifests differently during debugging.
adj
(Wikimedia jargon, Internet slang) Of a user, account, or IP address: blocked or banned from editing or other actions for an indefinite length of time.
adj
Alternative spelling of indeffed [(Wikimedia jargon) Used to describe a user, account, or IP address that is indefinitely blocked or banned from editing or other actions.]
adj
Alternative form of indef [(Wikimedia jargon, Internet slang) Of a user, account, or IP address: blocked or banned from editing or other actions for an indefinite length of time.]
adj
(Wikimedia jargon) Used to describe a user, account, or IP address that is indefinitely blocked or banned from editing or other actions.
n
(informal, Internet) An immediate ban.
v
(IRC) To block a server (from joining the network), a nickname or channel (from being used).
v
(transitive, IRC) To ban a user from a server
v
(transitive, Internet) To kick and ban (a user) from an Internet activity, such as IRC.
n
(computing) A setting that disables a specific web browser plug-in, typically to prevent a security vulnerability from being exploited.
n
(informal, computing) A killer application.
v
Alternative form of k-line [(transitive, IRC) To ban a user from a server]
n
(education) A software package, essentially a restricted web browser, that prevents users from navigating away from a particular online task, commonly used when holding tests, quizzes, etc.
v
(transitive) To assemble or repair something by ingenious improvisation, using everyday items that would not usually be used for the purpose.
n
Synonym of megacastings; plural of megacast
v
(programming slang) To alter the behaviour of a program by forcefully overriding aspects of the original code at runtime.
v
(Internet, transitive) To leave an IRC server as a result of a netsplit.
n
(Internet slang) A permanent ban on a user.
adj
(Internet, slang) Permanently banned from using a web site.
n
(Internet slang) The act of indefinitely blocking the access of a user.
n
(Internet slang) A program used to forcibly disconnect another user from a chat room.
n
(Wikimedia jargon) The blocking of access from an entire range of IP addresses.
v
To remove a newsgroup (or attempt to do so) by means of such a message.
n
(computing, slang) A software bug which begins to manifest only when somebody debugging the code finds out that it should not work at all.
n
Alternative form of shadowban [(Internet) An instance of shadowbanning.]
v
(transitive, Internet, of a search engine) To filter out results without the publisher's knowledge.
n
(Internet) The act of doing this.
n
Alternative form of soft-block. [(Internet) The act of doing this.]
v
(computing) To obfuscate (an email address) with a spamblock.
v
(computing, slang) To modify a timestamp (for example the time when a file was accessed) so as to obfuscate the details of one's activity on a system.
n
A copyright infringement detection system which adds a unique salt to each copy of the material so that, if it is leaked, the person who leaked it can be identified.
n
Synonym of USB data blocker
v
(computing, informal, intransitive) Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
v
(Internet slang) To ban, either permanently or temporarily, from posting on a website, especially on Facebook or Instagram.
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