Meanings
nounautoblock (usually uncountable, plural autoblocks)
plural autoblocks · alternative auto-block
- uncountableusuallycomputing(An) automatic blocking (inhibition of a feature etc.).
From the online vendor documentation, we determined that this version of the WatchGuard Firebox enabled an autoblock feature by default.
2004, TechRepublic, IT security survival guide
verbautoblock (third-person singular simple present autoblocks, present participle autoblocking, simple past and past participle autoblocked)
present singular third person autoblocks · participle present autoblocking · participle past autoblocked · past autoblocked · alternative auto-block
- climbingTo use the autoblock technique.
- computingTo automatically block.
Origin
Translations
German Autoblock
- Autoblockautomatic blocking
Polish bloker
- blokerrappelling and ascending technique
Spanish autobloqueo, bloqueo automático
- autobloqueoautomatic blocking
- bloqueo automáticoautomatic blocking
Cite this entry
APA
autoblock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoblock
MLA
“autoblock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoblock. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autoblock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoblock.
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