Meaning of air gap | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A network security measure that consists of ensuring that a secure computer network is physically isolated from unsecured networks, such as the public Internet or an unsecured local area network.
2. A gap where there is a vacuum (not actually air), used to reduce power consumption in microelectronics.
3. A type of spark gap using a tube filled with air (which is mostly nitrogen), nitrogen alone, or other gases.

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Examples

“The structure⟳ and design⟳ of Stuxnet confirms the Iranian air gap, as the attackers clearly designed Stuxnet to jump⟳ an air gap utilizing multiple methods.”

“The day after Lindsay left, I took an emergency medical leave⟳ of absence from work⟳, citing epilepsy, and packed scant luggage and four laptops: secure communications, normal communications, a decoy, and an “airgap” (a computer that had never gone and would never go online).”

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