firewalling
USFY-er-wawl-ing/ˈfaɪ(ə)ɹˌwɔlɪŋ/UKFY-uh-wawl-ing/ˈfaɪə.wɔəl.ɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of firewall.
Administrators are firewalling the database to block outside connections.
Firewalling sensitive systems is a basic step in protecting company data.
Note
Three different uses of the verb share this -ing form. Two take an object, and the object tells you which is meant: firewalling a server protects it, while firewalling a connection blocks it. A slang use takes no object at all and means running an engine at maximum power or acceleration, so a bare "they were firewalling" is about speed, not networks.
firewalling is a form of firewall
firewall, verb: To protect a computer or network by installing and configuring a firewall. Full entry
- Forms
- firewallfirewalls he/she/itfirewalling -ing formfirewalled past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- firewall → firewalling: add -ing
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