Synonyms for firewall
fire·wall

Princeton's WordNet

1. firewallnoun

   (colloquial) the application of maximum thrust

   "he moved the throttle to the firewall"

2. firewallnoun

   (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

3. firewallnoun

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

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1. • Computer Science
   • Drive
   • Security System
   • Wall

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1. List of paraphrases for "firewall":

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1. Joel Fishbein:

   We believe Imperva is the best-of-breed pure play leader in the growing database activity monitoring market and the web application firewall market, with a total addressable market opportunity of more than $4 billion, after some missteps in 2014, Imperva is experiencing accelerated top-line growth, and we believe 20-30 percent growth is sustainable.

2. John Kaehny:

   Under Andrew Cuomo,( public authorities and state agencies) have just been crushed over the last decade, so that they become accustomed to just doing whatever they're told by the governor's office, that firewall is gone.

3. Xiaomeng Lu:

   I think one nuanced difference between Russia and China is that China has the technical capability — their Great Firewall is very sophisticated and Russia doesn't have as much of that, as much as they [ Russia ] want to do a comprehensive, full blockage, I think technically there are some challenges.

4. Arturo Carmona:

   What we learned today is that Hillary Clinton’s firewall with Latino voters is a myth.

5. Eric Liu:

   When the network traffic increases, the pressure on censorship is also mounting. Within the Great Firewall, everybody is facing stricter and stricter censorship — it's like inflation, censorship is expanding everywhere, which means companies need to hire more people.