Supernova vs Blackhole - What's the difference?
supernova | blackhole |
As nouns the difference between supernova and blackhole is that supernova is supernova while blackhole is , especially in the attributive. As a verb blackhole is (internet) to redirect (network traffic, etc) nowhere; to discard incoming traffic.
supernova Noun
(en-noun)
(astronomy) A star which explodes, increasing its brightness to typically a billion times that of our sun, though attenuated by the great distance from our sun. Some leave only debris (Type I); others fade to invisibility as neutron stars (Type II).
Derived terms
* supernova remnant
Related terms
* nova
* dwarf nova
* hypernova
* red nova
* unnova
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blackhole English
(too many supposedly distinct senses)
(Black hole)
Noun
( en noun)
, especially in the attributive.
(Internet) A place where traffic is silently discarded.
(programming) A bit bucket; a place of permanent oblivion for data.
(computing) DNSBL, used to block spamming IP addresses – are often called "blackhole lists"
(Internet) A blackhole server, a DNS server that handles reverse lookups of invalid IP ranges
- One way of fighting spam is to use a blackhole''' list maintained on a '''blackhole server.
(management) A resource sink.
Verb
( blackhol)
(internet) To redirect (network traffic, etc.) nowhere; to discard incoming traffic.
* 2005 , Victor Oppleman, Oliver Friedrichs, Brett Watson, Extreme exploits: advanced defenses against hardcore hacks (page 186)
- Select a nonglobally routed prefix, such as the Test-Net (RFC 3330) 192.0.2.0/24, to use as the next hop of any attacked prefix to be blackholed .
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