whitelist

See also: white list

For Wiktionary's whitelist, see Wiktionary:Whitelist.

English

Etymology

From white +‎ list.

Pronunciation

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Noun

whitelist (plural whitelists)

(law) A list or collection of people or entities that are known, trusted, or explicitly permitted.

Antonyms

blacklist

Translations

list of people that are known

Chinese:
Mandarin: 白名單, 白名单 (báimíngdān)
Finnish: valkoinen lista
French: liste blanche (fr) f, liste verte (fr) f
German: weiße Liste f

Japanese: ホワイトリスト (howaitorisuto)
Polish: biała lista f
Russian: бе́лый спи́сок m (bélyj spísok)

Verb

whitelist (third-person singular simple present whitelists, present participle whitelisting, simple past and past participle whitelisted)

(transitive) To place on a whitelist; to mark or note a person or entity as trustworthy or acceptable.
The email program allows you to whitelist email from known sources.

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