whitelist
[ hwahyt-list, wahyt- ]
/ ˈʰwaɪtˌlɪst, ˈwaɪt- /
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noun Also white list .
verb (used with object) Also white-list .
to put on a whitelist.
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Origin of whitelist
First recorded in 1905–10
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British Dictionary definitions for whitelist
white list
noun
a list of countries considered to pose an insignificant threat to human rights, from which applications for political asylum are presumed to be unfounded
computing
- a list of websites considered to have inoffensive and acceptable content
- a list of e-mail addresses from which a computer will accept mail
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