Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,900,238,584 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

firefighting
(redirected from firefighter)

    Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Acronyms, Wikipedia 0.01 sec.
1.firefighting - What sysadmins have to do to correct sudden operational problems. An opposite of hacking. "Been hacking your new newsreader?" "No, a power glitch hosed the network and I spent the whole afternoon fighting fires."
2.firefighting - The act of throwing lots of manpower and late nights at a project, especially to get it out before deadline. See also gang bang, Mongolian Hordes technique; however, the term "firefighting" connotes that the effort is going into chasing bugs rather than adding features.
Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link 		Feedback
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Encyclopedia browser?   Full browser?
No references found
 
Croteau WORCESTER - Several Worcester firefighters and a Gardner firefighter will all receive awards Dec.
Firefighter heroes to get recognition by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
You have found the perfect place to find the ball caps and caps you need Find endless types of ball caps ranging in variety such as firefighter ball caps You have found the perfect place to find the ball caps and caps you need.
Show Your Pride by Wearing Firefighter Ball Caps by Max Johnson / Hobbies community
On-call Firefighters provide England with 30% of all firefighting personnel, and crews to 50% of fire stations Serving as an on-call firefighter is open to both men and women.
MP Malik's firefighter appeal to businesses by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
 
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.