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hostmask

noun

Etymology

From host + mask.

  1. derived from *maskā✻
  2. derived from masca
  3. derived from maschera — “mask, disguise”
  4. borrowed from masque — “a covering to hide or protect the face”
  5. compounded as hostmask — “host + mask”

Definitions

  1. On IRC, a partial address that matches a number of hosts.

    • The channel operator banned the hostmask *!*@*example.com, so nobody could connect from example.com any more.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hostmask. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA