whitelist
a list of novels, motion pictures, etc., deemed suitable for juveniles, members of a particular faith, or other specified groups of individuals.
a list of people thought by a business concern to be qualified or otherwise suitable for employment.
a list of business establishments approved for patronage because of hiring practices, religious or political affiliations, etc.
a list kept by a labor union, containing the names of employers who maintain working conditions approved by the union.
a list of individuals, organizations, etc., having security clearance from government officials.
Digital Technology.
a list of email addresses or web addresses that are allowed to pass through a spam filter: The company sent a reminder to their shoppers to add the new-orders email to their whitelist, or else receipts could be snagged by the spam filter.
a list of trusted software programs allowed to access a device or operating system: The antivirus program can’t fully protect your computer if you keep overriding it to add apps to its whitelist.
a list of places to or from which one may travel without restriction: a whitelist where tourists are permitted entry without mandatory quarantine.
to put on a whitelist.
Origin of whitelist
1- Compare blacklist.
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How to use whitelist in a sentence
Before the launch, advertisers were only able to participate in property promotion ads through a whitelist, but now you’ll be able to participate directly through the Google Ads interface.
Google announces global launch of property promotion ads for hotels | Carolyn Lyden | March 24, 2021 | Search Engine Land
British Dictionary definitions for white list
a list of countries considered to pose an insignificant threat to human rights, from which applications for political asylum are presumed to be unfounded
computing
a list of websites considered to have inoffensive and acceptable content
a list of e-mail addresses from which a computer will accept mail
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