quarantined
- adjective
- /ˈkwɔrəntiːnd/
- Specialized
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en cuarentena
- After the malware attack, the IT department quarantined affected devices to ensure the network's safety.
And as we mentioned earlier, these systems, we don't log into important accounts on them and they're relatively quarantined.
- And as we mentioned earlier, these systems, we don't log into important accounts on them and they're relatively quarantined.
Examples
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The virus was detected, so the software quarantined the file to prevent any infection.
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To protect the system from threats, the antivirus program quarantined suspicious files automatically.
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But YouTube have quarantined it in some way.
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But YouTube have quarantined it in some way.
Synonyms
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3.8
Kept apart from others to stop a disease from spreading
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5.8
A file or program kept apart so it cannot run and harm the computer
How Isolated
Surface Forms
Morphology
quarantined = quarantine (transparent) = quarantine + ed
The computing/security sense is a technical extension of physical isolation; the -ed participial form marks the isolated state and the relation is readily inferable.
Etymology
The word quarantined in computers uses the same idea: like a sick person kept alone, a dangerous file is put in a separate place so it cannot harm the rest of the system. That's why to have a file quarantined means it is isolated and made harmless.