firehose

firehose

See also: fire hose

English

Noun

firehose (plural firehoses)

1. Alternative spelling of fire hose
2. (Internet, neologism) Access to the social media data sold to the third parties, or such data stream.
   • 2015, Ismail Khalil, Erich Neuhold, A Min Tjoa, Li Da Xu, Ilsun You, Information and Communication Technology: Third IFIP TC 5/8 International Conference

     The programmer must override the method on_data(), which processes each tweet that is taken from the firehose.

Translations

thick, high-pressure hose

Finnish: paloletku (fi) Korean: 소방호스 (sobanghoseu)

Norwegian: brannslange m

See also

• drink from a firehose

Verb

firehose (third-person singular simple present firehoses, present participle firehosing, simple past and past participle firehosed)

1. To wash something down with a firehose; to douse with a large amount of water (or chemical agent) sprayed from a hose, to extinguish a fire.