Firewall

What do we mean by firewall?

A fireproof wall used as a barrier to prevent the spread of fire. noun

A software program or hardware device that restricts communication between a private network or computer system and outside networks. noun

To protect (a computer or computer network) by means of a firewall. intransitive verb

A fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire between or through buildings, structures, electrical substation transformers, or within an aircraft or vehicle. noun

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. noun

To protect with a firewall. verb

To block with a firewall. verb

To use maximum acceleration. verb

(colloquial) the application of maximum thrust noun

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

(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 noun

A fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire between or through buildings, structures, electrical substation transformers, or within an aircraft or 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.

A hypothetical phenomenon where an observer falling into a black hole encounters high-energy quanta at or near the event horizon.

A program that defends your computer from malicious users accessing and using your computer either as a port to someone elses computer or to totally mess up yours :) Urban Dictionary

1. a progam that protects a computer from malware and other forms of outside intrusion 2. any protective barrier between two places Urban Dictionary

Section of aircraft especially designed to allow all engine heat and smoke to fill the cockpit. Urban Dictionary

The best tool to prevent windows from accessing the activation server and disabling your version. Also it prevents windows from using your bandwidth to download useless "updates". Urban Dictionary

A geek's condom; Helps prevent viruses Urban Dictionary

Any of a number of security schemes that prevent unauthorized users from gaining access to a computer network or that monitor transfers of information to and from the network. Urban Dictionary

When a man with red hair spreads his excess scrotum skin over the face of a woman. Urban Dictionary

1. STD-infected female genitals. Urban Dictionary

A burning sensation at the end of your penis that prevents pissing Urban Dictionary

Either a tool used to protect your computer from outside invaders, or a complete jackass who pretends to be a programmer in just about every language other than Visual Basic. Makes himself feel better by creating false definitions of people with a higher capacity of thinking than his own. Tends to think that Windows, despite it being the most popular Operating System in the world, is a horrible platform to dev for (as if it would matter for him). Uses strange misspellings of words in order to seem cool, but it does the opposite. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to firewall:
firewall, fireball, fire wall, firehall, farewell, sidewall, firewalls, kirkwall, firetail, fireward, fire hall, fire ball, firesale.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word firewall:
stateful, vpn, waf, traversal, dmz, antivirus, router, phishing, filtering, intrusion, endpoint, ftp, symantec, appliance, ssh, packet, tcp, dns, proxy, inbound, outbound, nat, configured, sip, cisco, ips, malware, toolkit, appliances, malicious, juniper, spam, server, incoming, outgoing, filter, gateway, functionality, authentication, encryption, blocking, outpost, linux, protocols, cockpit, default, scanning, compartment, connections, norton, protocol, virtual, kernel, xml, vista, detection, routing, software, vendors, blocked, censorship, configuration, parental, trusted, windows, traffic, computing, email, prevention, networks, application, internet, network, inspection, labs, security, web, addresses, client, microsoft, networking, connection, secure, interface, layer, updates, module, settings, backup, log, user, monitoring, fuselage, capabilities, controls, hardware, blocks, enterprise, address, detect.

Adjectives that are often used to describe firewall:
personal, corporate, stateful, based, filtering, internal, external, level, basic, single, second, primary, simple, secondary, proxy, homed, windows, secure, main, effective, active, remote, inner, end, party, traditional, separate, screened, typical, standard, integrated, commercial, outer, subnet, additional, configured, unihomed, restrictive, dynamic, powerful, transparent, sophisticated, robust, mail, stateless, filter, popular, outbound, featured, virtual, misconfigured, click, enable, rear, iptables, side, protective, inspection, organizational, way, advanced, upstream, standalone, hybrid, static, redundant, distributed.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective firewall:
rules, software, host, proxy, protection, configuration, clients, features, technology, based, architecture, design, solution, administrators, ports, security, wizards, hides, solutions, friendly, balancing, functionality, policies, restrictions, setup, products, files, protected, hardware, information, vpn, daemon, exceptions, basis, feature, client, example, input, management, nat, mode, packages, modules.

Consonant match to firewall:
farewell, farwell, four-wheel, four wheel, far will, for well, four well.

Words that sound like firewall:
firewall, fire wall, farewell, farwell, fare well, four wheel, firewalls, firehall, four-wheel, fire hall, fire sale, firepole, fireball, fire ball, four walls, fourth wall, for all, forewing, ferial, formal, feral, foretell, fairway, farewells, farrell, ferrell, ferrel, farrel, four-wheeler, farell, for real, ferrule, for a while, ferrill, firewire, for sale, formol, farnell, farewelled, fewell, forsell, formel, formyl, four way, ferrol, four-way, four wheeler, foresail, farol, forel, fire bell, furile, fair isle, fayal, forwhy, fire wire, forewish, forrill, fair ball, footwall, firing, frijole, fire ring, final, firework, fearful, fertile, fiery, firewood, farkle, fairways, farl, fire drill, fardel, fire wood, fairish, flywheel, farfalle, fibril, fireweed, for one, ferule, falwell, fire away, fair one, fernald, farfel, fireable, five hole, fire opal, feisal, fitel, fin whale, fly wheel, firelock, faial, fair deal, footwell, fife rail, fitl.