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firewall

firewall (network security system)

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firewall

firewall (a network security system; also a physical fire-resistant wall in construction)

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A direct loanword used only in the tech security sense in Italian. The physical building term (fire-resistant wall) = 'parete tagliafuoco' in Italian. Plural: invariable ('i firewall').

To say "firewall (a network security system; also a physical fire-resistant wall in construction)" in Italian:

N/A — direct loanword

"firewall" in English means:

firewall (network security system)

Example

"Il firewall ha bloccato la connessione sospetta."

"The firewall blocked the suspicious connection."

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