firewall

Speech parts

1. firewall - Noun

2. firewall - Verb

Meaning

(colloquial) the application of maximum thrust

a fireproof (or fire-resistant) wall designed to prevent the spread of fire through a building or a vehicle

(computing) a security system consisting of a combination of hardware and software that limits the exposure of a computer or computer network to attack from crackers; commonly used on local area networks that are connected to the internet

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scs-net filter (Syrian version of the great firewall of china) is blocking everything. why we can't get a good internet connection in Syria? Bassel Khartabil

I always keep a firewall between my own travails and my perception of public-policy issues; otherwise I would retain no credibility as a commentator. Conrad Black

Sometimes I worry that there's not enough room in my brain for both my dreams and reality that I'm a hard drive with limited gigabytes and one day I won't be able to maintain the firewall between them. I wonder if that's what senility is. Karen Marie Moning

Use a personal firewall. Configure it to prevent other computers, networks and sites from connecting to you, and specify which programs are allowed to connect to the net automatically. Kevin Mitnick

he moved the throttle to the firewall Source: Internet

According to Cooper, “InnerSource is the use of open source methods inside the firewall in a proprietary company because it’s a better way to write software.” Source: Internet

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