Found 2 hits - Term: firefighting, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
firefighting n. 1. 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. the act of throwing lots of manpower and
late nights at a project, esp. 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.
see also:
gang bang mongolian hordes technique
- [2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
firefighting
1. 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. 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.
1994-12-01
see also:
gang bang mongolian hordes technique
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