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minus-squareDavel23@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up44·3 months agoDMA, direct memory access. DMZ is a networking thing.
minus-squareFashim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·3 months agoThey also stand for the same thing (demilitarized zone) oddly enough.
minus-squareddkman@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 months agoWell I think that is where the term comes from.
minus-squarebitwaba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoNot oddly enough. Exactly as expected. DMZ in networking forwards all ports to a specific IP address behind the firewall. That address is demilitarized. It has no firewall defending it.
minus-squareDavel23@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoI’ve seen it backronymed into “data management zone” in a few places, but it will always be “demilitarized zone” to me.
DMA, direct memory access. DMZ is a networking thing.
DMZ is also between North and South Korea.
They also stand for the same thing (demilitarized zone) oddly enough.
Well I think that is where the term comes from.
Not oddly enough. Exactly as expected. DMZ in networking forwards all ports to a specific IP address behind the firewall. That address is demilitarized. It has no firewall defending it.
I’ve seen it backronymed into “data management zone” in a few places, but it will always be “demilitarized zone” to me.