flytrap

4 definitions found

flytrap - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  flytrap \fly"trap\ (fl[imac]"tr[a^]p), n.
     1. A trap for catching flies.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Bot.) A plant (Dion[ae]a muscipula), called also
        Venus's flytrap, having two-lobed leaves which are
        fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when
        certain sensitive hairs on their upper surface are
        touched, thus trapping insects that light on them. The
        insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion
        from the upper surface of the leaves. The plant is native
        to North and South Carolina, growing in bogs.
        [1913 Webster]

flytrap - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  flytrap
      n 1: a trap for catching flies

flytrap - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  firewall machine
  flytrap
  
     <networking> A dedicated gateway machine with special security
     precautions on it, used to service outside network, especially
     Internet, connections and dial-in lines.  The idea is to
     protect a cluster of more loosely administered machines hidden
     behind it from crackers.  The typical firewall is an
     inexpensive microprocessor-based Unix machine with no
     critical data, with modems and public network ports on it, but
     just one carefully watched connection back to the rest of the
     cluster.  The special precautions may include threat
     monitoring, call-back, and even a complete iron box
     keyable to particular incoming IDs or activity patterns.
  
     Firewalls often run proxy gateways.
  
     Synonym flytrap, Venus flytrap.
  
     (1997-06-08)
  

flytrap - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  flytrap
   n.
  
     [rare] See firewall machine.