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Black Hole

Slang; a project that takes an inordinate amount of time to complete. For example, if a contractor spends so much time on one client that she cannot devote enough time to other clients to satisfy their needs, the first client is known as a black hole. The term is most common in accounting and auditing.

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We now know what happened and how the figure was incorrectly reported,' he added, referring to the pounds 6 million blackhole, which he said last year was spotted following the identification of irregularities and deficiencies in its reports.

pounds 2.5m bill hits debt collector's pounds 6m blackhole

READY Coming out of the shadows of Gallows, Blackhole are set to take centre stage.

Blackhole's time has come

His pioneering work has included cryptographic man-in-the-middle attacks against SSL and SSH, active traffic hijacking techniques, traffic analysis of the SSH protocol, large-scale Internet blackhole monitoring, successful cryptanalysis of several commercial network protocols, and the development of penetration techniques to bypass stateful inspection firewalls and intrusion detection systems.

Arbor Networks Security Expert Warns Not To Underestimate the Zotob Worm

CITY leaders have urged the Government to hand over more money for free bus travel or face a pounds 5m budget blackhole.

Seeking a fare deal for free bus pass; GOVERNMENT URGED TO FULLY FUND SCHEME FOR PENSIONERS

This practice often goes unnoticed by the organization's IT staff until their IP addresses are placed on an RBL (Real-time Blackhole List) which can significantly damage the organization's reputation.

Barracuda Spam Firewall Outbound Rate Control System Stops Spam Before It is Sent; Barracuda Networks Rate Control System Protects Organizations and ISPs from Inadvertently Sending Spam and Keeps Legitimate Emails from Being Blocked

Council bosses today said they were confident of plugging a multi-million pound cash blackhole.

Pledge over cash deficit

Millions must work longer or save harder to pay for the pensions blackhole detailed in an official study published tomorrow.

Plugging the pensions gap

Shadow chancellor Oliver Letwin said: ``This is the first time the Government is openly admitting to its policy of raising taxes after the election to deal with Gordon Brown's blackhole.

Blair promises to review plan for 2pfuel tax rise; Demonstrations called off after pledge

Spammers have changed their practices in response to the overwhelming use of DNS blackhole lists by mail servers to filter spam.

Computer Mail Services, Inc. Releases Praetor Version 2.1 Providing More Efficient Bayesian Filtering; Improvements Include Cached Bayesian Tokens And Simplified Administration

They intend to look for new graduates and want to help pull the country out of an economic blackhole.

Business to create 160 positions; EMPLOYMENT

Earlier this year Mr Price's plan to put a dedicated community bobby in every Teesside ward on Teesside, along with 100 extra PCSOs, was derailed when the pounds 7m budget blackhole was revealed.

Troublemakers in their sights

MX Logic's Stacked Classification Framework includes statistical filtering, industry heuristics, proprietary heuristics, reputation analysis, URL filtering, and reputation-based real-time blackhole list (RBL) filtering.