May 15, 2003

DMZ

[common] Literally, De-Militarized Zone. Figuratively, the portion of a private network that is visible through the network's firewalls (see firewall machine). Coined in the late 1990s as jargon, this term is now borderline techspeak.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:50 AM

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