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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 (politics) : the refusal of one or more
political parties to cooperate with certain other political parties.
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
Literature
Film and television
Characters
Firewall, a fictional character in the
G.I. Joe universe
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)
Topics referred to by the same term