Tarpit
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tarpit is a noun meaning (computing) A service that purposely delays incoming connections in order to reduce the effectiveness of spamming and similar techniques.
Meaning
(computing) A service that purposely delays incoming connections in order to reduce the effectiveness of spamming and similar techniques.
More Meanings
- (transitive, computing) To delay by means of a tarpit service.
- A lake of asphalt formed when subterranean bitumen leaks to the ground surface. Such pits are important in forming fossil fuel reserves; they are also apt to trap passing animals, which become fossilized in the tar.
Example Sentences
If an attack matches a certain pattern, the connection can be tarpitted.
Word Forms
- tarpits
- tarpitting
- tarpitted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tarmacadam, tarre, tarball, pitch, blacktop, tarseal.
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