tarpit

tarpit
A geological occurrence where subterranean bitumen leaks to the surface, creating a lake of asphalt.

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  • Tarpit — Eine Teergrube (engl. Tarpit, dt. auch Teerfalle) stellt ein Verfahren dar, mit dem unerwünschte Netzwerkverbindungen künstlich verlangsamt werden und der Verbindungspartner möglichst lange blockiert wird. Teergruben kommen vor allem im Bereich… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Tarpit (networking) — A tarpit (also known as Teergrube, the German word for tarpit) is a service on a computer system (usually a server) that delays incoming connections for as long as possible. The technique was developed as a defense against a computer worm, and… …   Wikipedia

  • tarpit — /tahr pit /, n. seepage of natural tar or asphalt, esp. an accumulation that has acted as a natural trap into which animals have fallen and sunk and had their bones preserved. Also, tar pit. [1830 40; TAR1 + PIT1] * * * …   Universalium

  • tarpit — /tahr pit /, n. seepage of natural tar or asphalt, esp. an accumulation that has acted as a natural trap into which animals have fallen and sunk and had their bones preserved. Also, tar pit. [1830 40; TAR1 + PIT1] …   Useful english dictionary

  • Turing tarpit — Turing tar pit is a general term for a programming language designed to be Turing complete while in some sense simplifying to the greatest extent possible both the syntax and the semantics of the language. Such a language gives up certain… …   Wikipedia

  • Turing tarpit — noun The situation in which a programming language is only minimally Turing complete, so that everything is possible but nothing is easy . <!Perlis words The basic reason for increasing the size of the language is the so called Turing tarpit:… …   Wiktionary

  • The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones — infobox Film name = The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones starring = George O Hanlon directed by = William HannaJoseph Barbera preceded by = The Man Called Flintstone followed by = Rockin with Judy Jetson The Flintstones The Jetsons Meet the… …   Wikipedia

  • Esoteric programming language — An esoteric programming language (sometimes shortened to esolang) is a programming language designed as a test of the boundaries of computer programming language design, as a proof of concept, or as a joke. There is usually no intention of the… …   Wikipedia

  • Tar pit (disambiguation) — A tar pit is a geological occurrence where subterranean bitumen leaks to the surface, creating a large puddle, pit, or lake of asphalt.Tarpit may also refer to:* Tar Pit (comics), a fictional supervillain in the DC Comics * Tarpit (networking),… …   Wikipedia

  • Tar Pit (comics) — Superherobox| caption=Tar Pit comic color=background:#8080ff character name=Tarpit real name=Joseph Joey V. Monteleone publisher=DC Comics debut= The Flash vol. 2 #174 (July 2001) creators=Geoff Johns Scott Kolins alliance… …   Wikipedia

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