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Singularity vs Blackhole - What's the difference?

singularity | blackhole |

As nouns the difference between singularity and blackhole

is that singularity is the state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual while blackhole is , especially in the attributive.

As a verb blackhole is

(internet) to redirect (network traffic, etc) nowhere; to discard incoming traffic.

singularity

English

Noun

  • the state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual
  • * Addison
    • I took notice of this little figure for the singularity of the instrument.
  • * Sir Walter Raleigh
    • Pliny addeth this singularity to that soil, that the second year the very falling down of the seeds yieldeth corn.
  • a point where all parallel lines meet
  • a point where a measured variable reaches unmeasurable or infinite value
  • (mathematics) the value or range of values of a function for which a derivative does not exist
  • (physics) a point or region in spacetime in which gravitational forces cause matter to have an infinite density; associated with black holes
  • A proposed point in the technological future at which artificial intelligences become capable of augmenting and improving themselves, leading to an explosive growth in intelligence.
  • (obsolete) Anything singular, rare, or curious.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Your gallery Have we passed through, not without much content / In many singularities .
  • (obsolete) Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege, prerogative, or distinction.
  • * Hooker
    • No bishop of Rome ever took upon him this name of singularity [universal bishop].
  • * Bishop Pearson
    • Catholicism must be understood in opposition to the legal singularity of the Jewish nation.
  • (obsolete) celibacy
    • (Jeremy Taylor)

    Derived terms

    * nonsingularity * naked singularity

    Related terms

    * single * singular

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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 .