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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Masquerade  \Mas`quer*ade"\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Masqueraded}; 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Masquerading}.] 
  1.  To  assemble  in  masks;  to  take  part  in  a  masquerade. 
 
  2.  To  frolic  or  disport  in  disquise;  to  make  a  pretentious 
  show  of  being  what  one  is  not 
 
  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. 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [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)




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