firewall
IPA: fˈaɪrwɑɫ
noun
- (architecture) A fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire between or through buildings, structures, electrical substation transformers, or within an aircraft or vehicle.
- (computer security) The software that monitors traffic in and out of a private network or a personal computer and allows or blocks such traffic depending on its perceived threat.
- (physics) A hypothetical phenomenon where an observer falling into a black hole encounters high-energy quanta at or near the event horizon.
verb
- (transitive, computer security) To protect with a firewall.
- (transitive, computer security) To block with a firewall.
- (intransitive, motor vehicles or aircraft, slang) To use maximum engine power or acceleration.
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Examples of "firewall" in Sentences
- The firewall is made of stainless steel.
- The use of a firewall is also recommended.
- The original firewall they introduced was the GFX 94.
- They also optimized the design of the center firewall.
- A firewall is separated the engine compartment from the crew.
- The firewall script runs on every PHP document on the server.
- I even started the firewall on the netbook for the first time.
- This was a rudimentary firewall for the machines behind the NAT.
- Firewall of the UMS should not collide with the firewall of the user system.
- The odds are that the router is blocking the ports, not your personal firewall.
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