whitelist

See also: white list

English

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Etymology

From white +‎ listCategory:English compound terms#WHITELIST.

Pronunciation

Noun

whitelist (plural whitelists)Category:English lemmas#WHITELISTCategory:English nouns#WHITELISTCategory:English countable nouns#WHITELISTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#WHITELISTCategory:Pages with entries#WHITELISTCategory:Pages with 1 entry#WHITELIST

  1. (lawCategory:en:Law#WHITELIST, computingCategory:en:Computing#WHITELIST) A list or collection of people or entities that are known, trusted, or explicitly permitted.

Usage notes

Allowlist is advocated for by some who claim that the term whitelist is objectionable because it perpetuates a supposed unconscious archetype that whiteness equals goodness, which might reinforce racial and ethnic biases.

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Verb

whitelist (third-person singular simple present whitelists, present participle whitelisting, simple past and past participle whitelisted)Category:English lemmas#WHITELISTCategory:English verbs#WHITELISTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#WHITELISTCategory:Pages with entries#WHITELISTCategory:Pages with 1 entry#WHITELIST

  1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#WHITELIST) To place on a whitelist; to mark or note a person or entity as trustworthy or acceptable.
    The email program allows you to whitelist email from known sources.Category:English terms with usage examples#WHITELIST

Translations

Category:en:Collectives#WHITELIST Category:English adjective-noun compound nouns#WHITELIST
Category:English adjective-noun compound nouns Category:English compound terms Category:English countable nouns Category:English lemmas Category:English nouns Category:English terms with audio pronunciation Category:English terms with usage examples Category:English transitive verbs Category:English verbs Category:Entries with translation boxes Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Category:Pages with 1 entry Category:Pages with entries Category:Terms with Danish translations Category:Terms with Finnish translations Category:Terms with French translations Category:Terms with German translations Category:Terms with Japanese translations Category:Terms with Mandarin translations Category:Terms with Polish translations Category:Terms with Russian translations Category:Terms with Spanish translations Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations Category:Terms with Zhuang translations Category:Translation table header lacks gloss Category:en:Collectives Category:en:Computing Category:en:Law