{"id":8263,"date":"2011-08-29T14:41:08","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T14:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/fire-fighting\/"},"modified":"2013-04-24T22:36:02","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T22:36:02","slug":"fire-fighting","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/16096\/fire-fighting","title":{"rendered":"Fire Fighting"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_fire_fighting_mean\">What Does Fire Fighting Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Firefighting, in computing, refers to the emergency allocation of resources that are necessary to handle an unexpected problem. The term implies that the effort goes into chasing bugs rather than integrating new features.<\/p>\n<p> This term can be spelt as either fire-fighting, fire fighting, or firefighting.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_fire_fighting\">Techopedia Explains Fire Fighting<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>For example, in software development, firefighting may involve the assigning of additional programmers to fix coding bugs that are identified in close proximity to a product&#8217;s release date. In the context of security, firefighting may involve the allocation of resources to take care of an information system breach or a computer virus outbreak. 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