DMZ

4 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  DMZ
       n : a zone from which military forces or operations or
           installations are prohibited; "tensions exist on both
           sides of the demilitarized zone separating North Korea
           and South Korea" [syn: {demilitarized zone}]



From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  DMZ
       DeMilitarized Zone (LAN, Internet)
       
       

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  DMZ
       
          {De-Militarised Zone}