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Chinese firewall

Chinese firewall is the alternative form of Chinese Wall.

Meaning of Chinese Wall

Noun

Chinese Wall (plural Chinese Walls)

  1. (idiomatic) An information barrier within an organization, designed to ensure internal confidentiality; frequently used to prevent conflicts of interest.
    • I concur in the opinion of Justice Haning, but write separately to comment on the apparently widespread use of the term "Chinese Wall" to describe the type of screening mechanism discussed in this case. While our opinion uses the term "screen," both the parties and the trial court used the term...1988. Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. v.Superior Court 200, Cal.App.3d 272, 293-294, 245 Cal.Rptr. 873, 887-888

Forms of Chinese firewall

pluralChinese firewalls

Questions about Chinese firewall

What is Chinese firewall the alternative form of?
Chinese firewall is the alternative form of Chinese Wall.

Words near Chinese firewall in the dictionary

  1. Chinese finger puzzles
  2. Chinese finger trap
  3. Chinese finger traps
  4. Chinese fire drill
  5. Chinese fire drills
  6. Chinese firewall
  7. Chinese firewalls
  8. Chinese fleece vine
  9. Chinese fleecevine
  10. Chinese folk religion
  11. Chinese folk religions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Chinese firewall (page history and authors); Chinese Wall (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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