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Usually means: Security system blocking unauthorized network access.
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We found 48 dictionaries that define the word firewall:

General dictionaries General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. firewall: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. firewall: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. firewall: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. firewall: Collins English Dictionary
  5. firewall: Vocabulary.com
  6. Firewall, firewall: Wordnik
  7. firewall: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. firewall: Wiktionary
  9. firewall: Dictionary.com
  10. Firewall (Henning Mankell novel), Firewall (Mankell novel), Firewall (Person of Interest), Firewall (computer), Firewall (computing), Firewall (construction), Firewall (engine), Firewall (film), Firewall (networking), Firewall (physics), Firewall: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. firewall: Rhymezone
  12. firewall: Free Dictionary
  13. firewall: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. firewall: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  15. firewall: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business dictionaries Business (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. Firewall: E-Commerce and Marketing Dictionary of Terms
  4. C-SPAN Congressional Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Firewall: Investopedia
  7. Firewall (networking), Firewall: Financial dictionary
  8. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing dictionaries Computing (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. Firewall: Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary
  2. firewall: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  3. firewall: Netlingo
  4. Firewall, firewall: CCI Computer
  5. The Microsoft Lexicon (No longer online)
  6. CNET Internet Glossary (No longer online)
  7. Firewall: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  8. Internet Terms (No longer online)
  9. Internet Terms (No longer online)
  10. Firewall: Linktionary Networking Glossary
  11. Karbo's Dictionary (No longer online)
  12. Webopedia (No longer online)
  13. firewall: Hacking Lexicon
  14. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  15. Technopedia (No longer online)
  16. Firewall (networking), firewall: Encyclopedia

Medicine dictionaries Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Tech dictionaries Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Firewall: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Energy Terms (No longer online)
  4. Firewall: Web Hosting Glossary

(Note: See firewalling as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
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.
noun:  (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.
noun:  (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.
verb:  (transitive, computer security) To block with a firewall.
verb:  (intransitive, motor vehicles or aircraft, slang) To use maximum engine power or acceleration.

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