allowlist

English edit

Noun edit

allowlist (plural allowlists)

Synonym of whitelist
Antonyms: blacklist, blocklist, denylist
- 2022, Guy Harrison, Jesse Seldess, Ben Darnell, CockroachDB: The Definitive Guide, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 358:
  CockroachDB Dedicated provides an IP allowlist function that serves as a global firewall for the cluster. Using the allowlist, we can allow individual IP addresses or IP address ranges in Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) format to the cluster.

Verb edit

allowlist (third-person singular simple present allowlists, present participle allowlisting, simple past and past participle allowlisted)

Synonym of whitelist
Antonyms: blacklist, blocklist, denylist
- 2021, Jacques Chester, Knative in Action, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 55:
  So far, Knative has only allowlisted a handful of PodSpec […]

Usage notes edit

This term is promoted by some who claim that the term whitelist is objectionable on grounds of skin colour. Compare blacklist and denylist.