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air gap

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To physically separate or isolate a system from other systems or networks (verb).

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Variants

pasttense
aired gap
presentparticiple
airing gap
thirdpersonsingular
airs gap
pastparticiple
aired gap

Framework definitions

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
§1 · extended_definition_available
To physically separate or isolate a system from other systems or networks (verb).
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
To physically separate or isolate a system from other systems or networks (verb).
DR-088 backfill from the verb definition column

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