One of the earliest commercially successful firewall and network address translation (NAT) products was the PIX (Private Internet eXchange) Firewall, invented in 1994 by Network Translation Inc.
My point was that it’s also like a blanket term for confining some disaster, not just a technical term used to protect internet connections.
For the Star Trek specific case I’m not sure how it would be best implemented, but I guess if some system fails it wouldn’t cause a cascading catastrophe when ”firewalling” was done correctly.
Firewall?
Before that there were fire-resistant barriers used to prevent the spread of fire within buildings, or you know, firewalls.
you mean insulation?
Nah, an actual wall. Most computer terms they lean on older terms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewall_(construction)
awww i was looking for a chance to show off my pathetic knowledge of rockwool. i looked up rockwool once dudes.
My point was that it’s also like a blanket term for confining some disaster, not just a technical term used to protect internet connections.
For the Star Trek specific case I’m not sure how it would be best implemented, but I guess if some system fails it wouldn’t cause a cascading catastrophe when ”firewalling” was done correctly.