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firefighting
fire·fight·er also fire fighter F0136900 (fīr′fī′tər)n. A member of a fire department who fights fires.
fire′fight′ing adj. & n.firefighting (ˈfaɪəˌfaɪtɪŋ) n1. (Professions) a. the occupation of attempting to control and extinguish firesb. (as modifier): firefighting equipment. 2. the practice of reacting to urgent problems as they arise, as opposed to planning for the futureTranslationsfirefighting
firefighting (1)What sysadmins have to do to correct sudden operationalproblems. An opposite of hacking. "Been hacking your newnewsreader?" "No, a power glitch hosed the network and Ispent the whole afternoon fighting fires."firefighting (2)The act of throwing lots of manpower and late nights at aproject, especially to get it out before deadline. See alsogang bang, Mongolian Hordes technique; however, the term"firefighting" connotes that the effort is going into chasingbugs rather than adding features.Firefighting
FirefightingA slang term for solving problems as they arise. The term connotes the idea that the firefighter is distracted from dealing with larger issues because minor problems prevent him/her from doing so. |