firefighting

2 definitions found

firefighting - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  firefighting
  
     1. What sysadmins have to do to correct sudden operational
     problems.  An opposite of hacking.  "Been hacking your new
     newsreader?"  "No, a power glitch hosed the network and I
     spent the whole afternoon fighting fires."
  
     2. The act of throwing lots of manpower and late nights at a
     project, especially to get it out before deadline.  See also
     gang bang, Mongolian Hordes technique; however, the term
     "firefighting" connotes that the effort is going into chasing
     bugs rather than adding features.
  
     (1994-12-01)
  

firefighting - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  firefighting
   n.
  
     1. What sysadmins have to do to correct sudden operational problems.
     An opposite of hacking. "Been hacking your new newsreader?" "No, a
     power glitch hosed the network and I spent the whole afternoon
     fighting fires."
  
     2. The act of throwing lots of manpower and late nights at a project,
     esp. to get it out before deadline. See also gang bang, Mongolian Hordes technique
     ; however, the term firefighting connotes that the
     effort is going into chasing bugs rather than adding features.