firehose

See also: fire hose

English

Etymology

fire +‎ hose

Noun

firehose (plural firehoses)

1. Alternative spelling of fire hose
2. (Internet, neologism) Access to the social media data sold to the third parties, or such data stream.
   • 2015, Ismail Khalil, Erich Neuhold, A Min Tjoa, Li Da Xu, Ilsun You, Information and Communication Technology: Third IFIP TC 5/8 International Conference

     The programmer must override the method on_data(), which processes each tweet that is taken from the firehose.

Derived terms

• firehose cursor

Translations

thick, high-pressure hose

• Finnish: paloletku (fi)
• German: Feuerwehrschlauch m
• Korean: 소방호스 (sobanghoseu)
• Norwegian: brannslange m

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.