firewall
A fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire between or through buildings,…A fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire between or through buildings, structures, electrical substation transformers, or within an aircraft or vehicle.
» I use a firewall.
Meaning
5 sensesA fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire between or through buildings, structures, electrical substation transformers, or within an aircraft or vehicle.
Brandmauer, Brandwand
о́гненный барье́рógnennyj barʹjér, брандма́уэрbrandmáuer
брандмауерbrandmauer
a fireproof (or fire-resistant) wall designed to prevent the spread of fire through a building or a vehicle
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.
Firewall
межсетево́й экра́нmežsetevój ekrán, брандма́уэрbrandmáuer, файрво́ллfajrvóll
A hypothetical phenomenon where an observer falling into a black hole encounters high-energy quanta at or near the event horizon.
An ethical wall; an organizational or legal separation between two entities that might otherwise cause conflicts of interest.
(Germany, especially)An unwritten agreement among major political parties to refuse to govern or cooperate with national conservative and ultranationalist parties.
Examples
9 sentencesI use a firewall.
I don't use a firewall.
A firewall will guarantee Internet security.
ruБрандмауэр обеспечит гарантированную безопасность в сети Интернет.
Make sure you install a firewall.
deInstalliere unbedingt eine Firewall!
A firewall guarantees your security on the internet.
deEine Firewall garantiert Ihre Sicherheit im Internet.
Translations
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Origin
From fire + wall. Compare West Frisian brânmuorre, Dutch brandmuur, German Brandmauer, FeuFrom fire + wall. Compare West Frisian brânmuorre, Dutch brandmuur, German Brandmauer, Feuermauer, Swedish brandvägg, brandmur, Icelandic eldvegg. The verb sense for using maximum power or acceleration comes from the engine's firewall being the limit of forward movement of the throttle controls on many simpler vehicles; thus, to get the maximum engine output, one would push the throttle levers or pedal all the way to the firewall. The politics sense is a calque of German Brandmauer.
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