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Great Firewall of China

name

Etymology

Blend of Great Wall of China + firewall, popularized in an issue of Wired in 1997.

  1. derived from *wel-✻
  2. derived from vallum
  3. inherited from *wallaz✻
  4. inherited from weall
  5. inherited from wall
  6. inherited from *walhaz✻
  7. inherited from wælisc
  8. compounded as firewall — “fire + wall”

Definitions

  1. Internet censorship by the government of the People's Republic of China.

    • Behind this hypothetical Great Firewall of China, most users would be allowed to exchange information with foreign sites if they were on the approved list
    • The "Great Firewall of China" is failing, largely due to the increased volume of Internet traffic in China.
    • The Great Firewall of China is a case of corporate collaboration in censorship.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Great Firewall of China. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA