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In theory white list means allow only these things, and black list means allow everything except these things. In practice, white list means these are good thi
by 8note 6y ago
In theory white list means allow only these things, and black list means allow everything except these things.
In practice, white list means these are good things, and black lists mean these are bad things.
Allow and deny lists are much precise since they only have the one meaning
- OJFord 6y agoAnd yet whatever the origin (I suspect nobody can seriously claim to definitely state the actual origin of such a term) its usage as such a list, not referring (necessarily, but indiscriminately so some might be!) to black people, dates back at least as far as the Restoration in 1660 England.