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Reply to post: Re: "No, it's much older than that."

'Chinese wall'? Who uses 'Chinese wall'? Well, IBM did, and it actually means 'firewall'

John H Woods Silver badge
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Re: "No, it's much older than that."

This makes more sense to me - the "Chinese" adjective was about the cultural significance of the divide, not mass or implied physical impenetrability.

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