sinkhole

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
2. A depressed area in which waste or drainage collects.
3. A hole in the playfield that rewards the player when the ball is guided into it.
4. (Internet) A domain name server that has been configured to hand out non-routeable addresses for all domains, so that every computer that uses it will fail to get access to the real website.
5. An attack which redirects requests, whether network or memory accesses, to a new location defined by the attacker.

Verb

To configure as a sinkhole (domain name server that gives non-routeable addresses).

Concepts

doline

aven

officier de police

poulaille

condé

👮

évier

schtroumpf

policier

👮

Synonymes

doline

sink

swallow hole

dolina

swallow-hole

cenote

police

👮

shrinkage hole

sotch

shake hole

cop

👮

shakehole

hole

🕳️

police officer

👮

smurf

Traductions

Doline

dolina

dolina

obruk

καταβοθρα

düden

Kessel

Erdfall

avenc

Schlumpf

Trichter

Polizeibeamter

👮‍♂️

Polizist

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Auge des Gesetzes

Dreckloch

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: sinkehole

In summary

From Middle English sinkehole, sinkeholl, equivalent to sink + hole.