firehose

See also: fire hose

English

Etymology

From fire +‎ hose.

Pronunciation

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Noun

firehose (plural firehoses)

1. (Internet, neologism) Access to the social media data sold to the third parties, or such data stream.
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     The programmer must override the method on_data(), which processes each tweet that is taken from the firehose.

2. Alternative form of fire hose

Derived terms

• firehose cursor

Translations

thick, high-pressure hose

• Arabic: خُرْطُوم حَرِيق m (ḵurṭūm ḥarīq)
• Belarusian: пажа́рны шланг m (pažárny šlanh), пажа́рны рука́ў m (pažárny rukáŭ)
• Bulgarian: противопожа́рен марку́ч m (protivopožáren markúč)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 消防水龍／消防水龙 (xiāofáng shuǐlóng)

• Czech: požární hadice f
• Finnish: paloletku (fi)
• French: tuyau d’incendie m
• German: Feuerwehrschlauch m
• Japanese: 消防ホース (しょうぼうホース, shōbō hōsu)
• Korean: 소방호스 (sobanghoseu)
• Macedonian: противпожарно црево n (protivpožarno crevo)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brannslange m

• Polish: wąż pożarniczy m
• Russian: пожа́рный шланг m (požárnyj šlang), пожа́рный рука́в m (požárnyj rukáv)
• Slovak: požiarna hadica f
• Ukrainian: поже́жний шланг m (požéžnyj šlanh), поже́жний рука́в m (požéžnyj rukáv)

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.