Black hole (disambiguation)

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A black hole is an object with sufficient density that the force of gravity prevents anything from escaping from it except through quantum tunneling behavior.

It can also refer to:

in media:

in computing:

  • Black hole (networking), in computer networking, a place where traffic is silently discarded
  • in computer programming, a bit bucket, a place of permanent oblivion for data
  • black hole, the name of an archive, usually with the extension .bh
  • DNSBL – used to block spamming IP addresses – are often called "blackhole lists"
  • Blackhole server, a DNS server that handles reverse lookups of invalid IP ranges

in games:

in government:

  • A legal black hole, a term in English contract law
  • The Black Hole, NATO slang for a Russian Kilo class submarine
  • A black hole, in defense contracting, slang for a work area allegedly hosting a black project

in tourist attractions:

places:

  • Black Hole of Calcutta, the dungeon in which many British troops and various civilians allegedly died in 1756
  • The Black Hole, nickname for the home stadium of the Oakland Raiders, especially the end zone section on the home side
  • The Black Hole, a nickname for the tunnel in the Monaco Grand Prix Formula One race

in music:

in business:

  • black hole, any effort which consumes resources without yielding a useful result

[edit] See also

  • Micro black hole, mini black hole, or quantum mechanical black hole; a black hole on a quantum level or with quantum effects
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