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firewall

firewall

noun FY-ehr-wol Rare
Communication Technology

Origin: English loanword from computing, adopted directly into Italian.

Usage Note

Firewall is used in Italian as a masculine invariable noun: il firewall, i firewall. It refers to both hardware and software network security barriers. The word is fully integrated into Italian technical vocabulary and appears without translation even in formal IT documents. Occasionally italicized in non-technical contexts.

Examples

"Il firewall ha bloccato la connessione sospetta."

Natural Translation

The firewall blocked the suspicious connection.

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