Masquerading

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Masquerade \Mas`quer*ade"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Masqueraded};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Masquerading}.]
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     1. To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade.
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     2. To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious
        show of being what one is not.
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              A freak took an ass in the head, and he goes into
              the woods, masquerading up and down in a lion's
              skin.                                 --L'Estrange.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  masquerading
       
          1.  "{NAT}" ({Linux} {kernel} name).
       
          2.  Hiding the names of internal e-mail {client}
          and {gateway} machines from the outside world by rewriting the
          "From" address and other {headers} as the message leaves the
          organisation.
       
          This is good practise because external users do not need to
          know about internal changes in message routing.  The external
          mail gateway needs to know how to route incoming replies back
          to the original sender.
       
          (1998-03-03)