Demilitarized zone (DMZ)

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A computer or small subnetwork that sits between a trusted internal network, such as a corporate private LAN, and an untrusted external network, such as the public Internet.

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Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Demilitarized zone (DMZ)S
possessive: Demilitarized zone (DMZ)'s
pluralpossessive: Demilitarized zone (DMZ)S'

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