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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>firefighting</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="firebottle.html" title="firebottle"/><link rel="next" href="firehose-syndrome.html" title="firehose syndrome"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">firefighting</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="firebottle.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="firehose-syndrome.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="firefighting"/><dt xmlns="" id="firefighting"><b>firefighting</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. What sysadmins have to do to correct sudden operational problems.
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An opposite of hacking. “<span class="quote">Been hacking your new newsreader?</span>”
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“<span class="quote">No, a power glitch hosed the network and I spent the whole afternoon
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fighting fires.</span>” </p></dd><dd><p> 2. The act of throwing lots of manpower and late nights at a
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project, esp. to get it out before deadline. See also
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<a href="../G/gang-bang.html"><i class="glossterm">gang bang</i></a>, <a href="../M/Mongolian-Hordes-technique.html"><i class="glossterm">Mongolian Hordes technique</i></a>;
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however, the term <span class="firstterm">firefighting</span>
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connotes that the effort is going into chasing bugs rather than adding
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features.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="firebottle.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../F.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="firehose-syndrome.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">firebottle </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> firehose syndrome</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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