a wall or partition designed to inhibit or prevent the spread of fire 防火墙,隔火墙 ■(Computing)a part of a computer system or network which is designed to block unauthorized access while permitting outward communication (计算机)防火墙 ■another term for Chinese wall 同 Chinese wall
verb
[with obj.](Computing)protect (a network or system) from unauthorized access with a firewall (计算机)用防火墙保护(网络,系统)