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whitelisting

Syllabification: (white·list·ing)
Pronunciation: /ˈ(h)wītˌlistiNG/
Definition of whitelisting

noun

Computing
  • the use of anti-spam filtering software to allow only specified e-mail addresses to get through.

Origin:

on the pattern of blacklisting

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