ALL meanings of firefighting
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F f - noun firefighting act of combatting fires 1
- noun firefighting fighting fires 1
- noun firefighting computing: efforts to fix sth 1
- noun Definition of firefighting in Technology 1. What sysadmins have to do to correct sudden operational problems. An opposite of hacking. "Been hacking your new newsreader?" "No, a power glitch hosed the network and I spent the whole afternoon fighting fires." 2. The act of throwing lots of manpower and late nights at a project, especially to get it out before deadline. See also gang bang, Mongolian Hordes technique; however, the term "firefighting" connotes that the effort is going into chasing bugs rather than adding features. 1
- noun firefighting The action or process of extinguishing fires, as a person’s job. 1
- noun firefighting a person who fights destructive fires. 1
- uncountable noun firefighting Firefighting is the work of putting out fires. 0
- noun firefighting the occupation of attempting to control and extinguish fires 0
- noun firefighting (as modifier) 0
- noun firefighting the practice of reacting to urgent problems as they arise, as opposed to planning for the future 0