Firewall
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Firewall may refer to: * Firewall (computing), a technological barrier designed to prevent unauthorized or unwanted communications between computer networks or hosts * Firewall (construction), a barrier inside a building, designed to limit the spread of fire, heat and structural collapse * Firewall (engine), the part of a vehicle that separates the engine compartment from the rest of the vehicle * Firewall (physics), a hypothetical phenomenon where a freely falling observer spontaneously burns up at the horizon of a black hole * Firewall (politics), also known as cordon sanitaire: the refusal of one or more political parties to cooperate with certain other political parties. ** For example, see Firewall against the far-right in Germany
Firewall may refer to: Firewall (computing), a technological barrier designed to prevent unauthorized or unwanted communications between computer networks or hosts Firewall (construction), a barrier inside a building, designed to limit the spread of fire, heat and structural collapse Firewall (engine), the part of a vehicle that separates the engine compartment from the rest of the vehicle Firewall (physics), a hypothetical phenomenon where a freely falling observer spontaneously burns up at the horizon of a black hole Firewall (politics), also known as cordon sanitaire: the refusal of one or more political parties to cooperate with certain other political parties. For example, see Firewall against the far-right in Germany ==Arts, entertainment, and media== ===Literature=== Firewall (Andy McNab novel), a Nick Stone adventure Firewall (Mankell novel), a 1998 novel by Henning Mankell, featuring Kurt Walland ==See also== Alberta Agenda, also known as the Alberta Firewall, a political proposal for the Canadian province firewalld, a firewall management tool for Linux operating systems Great Firewall, China's internet censorship firewall Chinese wall, a zone of non-communication between distinct sections of a business, in order to prevent conflicts of interest Personal firewall, a very popular form of firewall designed to protect personal computers Reredos, a short wall behind a fire in a traditional hearth Wall of Fire (disambiguation)
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