Firewall

//ˈfaɪ(ə)ɹˌwɔl//

"Firewall" in a Sentence (11 examples)

A firewall will guarantee Internet security.

I need to configure this server with an appropriate firewall system.

A firewall guarantees your security on the internet.

I don't use a firewall.

I use a firewall.

I read the article "Xenobiology, New-to-Nature Synthetic Cells and Genetic Firewall."

Make sure you install a firewall.

The book explains this in Adam Hochberg's (@adamhochberg) chapter discussing the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism's concerns related to non-profit news organizations: donor transparency, editorial independence, the firewall between journalism and fundraising, and conflicts of interest.

"Honest government must be preceded by honest negotiations," Mr Kickl said when Austria's president tasked him with beginning coalition talks after the centrist firewall failed.

Other firewalls have fallen around Europe, including in the Netherlands, Hungary and Italy. In Austria, the hard-right Freedom Party has been part of federal coalitions and appeared set to lead its next government, before negotiations with a center-right party collapsed this week.

Most of the time, German parties come to power in states and nationally by forming coalitions. As long as the firewall holds, the only way the AfD can take power is by winning a straight-up majority. Which is what it seems poised to do in the September elections.

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