"air gap" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: air gaps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} air gap (plural air gaps)
  1. (networking, computer security) A network security measure that consists of ensuring that a secure computer network is physically isolated from unsecured networks, such as the public Internet or an unsecured local area network. Categories (topical): Computer security, Networking Synonyms: airwall Translations (network security measure): 網閘 (Chinese Mandarin), 网闸 (wǎngzhá) (Chinese Mandarin), ilmaväli (Finnish), возду́шный зазо́р (vozdúšnyj zazór) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-air_gap-en-noun-16g7YGP1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'network security measure': 100 0
  2. Alternative spelling of airgap Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: airgap Related terms: air-gapped
    Sense id: en-air_gap-en-noun-GLiJvuOM

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