Wiktionary
n. 1 An area, often on a border between military factions, in which military forces and operations are prohibited 2 (context computing English) A subnetwork of a LAN, exposed to the internet or another untrusted network but firewalled off from the rest of the LAN.
WordNet
n. a zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited; "tensions exist on both sides of the demilitarized zone separating North Korea and South Korea" [syn: DMZ]
Wikipedia
A demilitarized zone, DMZ or DZ is an area in which treaties or agreements between nations, military powers or contending groups forbid military installations, activities or personnel. A DMZ often lies along an established frontier or boundary between two or more military powers or alliances. A DMZ may sometimes form a de facto international border—for example, the 38th parallel between North and South Korea. Other examples of demilitarized zones are a area between Iraq and Kuwait, Antarctica (preserved for scientific exploration and study) and outer space (space more than from the earth's surface).
Many demilitarized zones are considered neutral territory because neither side is allowed to control it, even for non-combat administration. Some zones remain demilitarized after an agreement has awarded control to a state which (under the DMZ terms) had originally ceded its right to maintain military forces in the disputed territory. It is also possible for powers to agree on the demilitarization of a zone without formally settling their respective territorial claims, enabling the dispute to be resolved by peaceful means such as diplomatic dialogue or an international court.
Several demilitarized zones have also unintentionally become wildlife preserves because their land is unsafe for construction or less exposed to human disturbances (including hunting). Examples include the Korean Demilitarized Zone, the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone, and the Green Line in Cyprus.
Usage examples of "demilitarized zone".
But the relationship between Genesis, the Orb of Life, and these rifts must be proven one way or another before we risk everything to stop Yorka in the Demilitarized Zone.
But they had to confront this disease right here, right now, or they might have to chase it over every centimeter of the Demilitarized Zone for years to come.
Left as a reminder was a ragged demilitarized zone (DMZ) that cut across the narrow middle of the country like a haunting dead zone.
It had but two jump points in the system, one heading away from the demilitarized zone towards the capital world of Landreich, the other leading off on a long lopping pattern through half a dozen uninhabited systems into the flank of the Kilrathi Empire.
By the time Voyager gets back to the Alpha Quadrant, the conflict in the Demilitarized Zone will have been resolved, one way or another.
In a vegetable patch behind a corrugated shed on a littleknown planet in what was formerly the Cardassian Demilitarized Zone, now the Dominion, they clung to each other.
Soon after, he received a Starfleet notification that Ro had gone AWOL and was believed to be cooperating with the Maquis, who had recently taken a more militant stand in the Demilitarized Zone.
You could have drawn a wide red stripe across the width of the table and called it the Demilitarized Zone.
They first showed up in the Demilitarized Zone a few years back, trying to convince the Maquis to accept their help.
No doubt this was one of the coloniesthat the Cardassians had insisted they had the right tobuild in the Demilitarized Zone, and the Federationhad let them.